39.2% ▲ +59.5%
Lower than 62% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 39.2%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Bassendean (East Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Religion in Bassendean (East Metropolitan)
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A rise of 15 percentage points since 2011 marks a shifting spiritual landscape in Bassendean. While the number of people claiming no religion has grown, the area remains more religious than the state average.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 41.7% of residents identify as Christian, while 39.2% report no religion. This last group is well below the Western Australian figure of 42.9%, though it sits about the same as the national average.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Bassendean (East Metropolitan) splits fairly evenly between Christianity (42%) and No religion (39%), with Not stated at 7%.
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- Catholic 21.6%
- Anglican 8.2%
- Other Christian 5.8%
- Orthodox 1.6%
- Baptist 1.5%
- Uniting Church 1.2%
- Pentecostal 1.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.8%
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- No religion 38.7%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Sikhism 0.7%
- Other religious groups 0.5%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.0%
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Religion in Bassendean (East Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED50502/bassendean/topic/religion