38.0% ▲ +69.3%
Lower than 67% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 38.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Bateman (South Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Religion in Bateman (South Metropolitan)
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A 16 percentage point rise in people reporting no religion since 2011 has shifted the spiritual landscape of Bateman. While nearly half the population still identifies as Christian, the area is seeing a steady move away from formal faith.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 49.0% of residents are Christian, while 38.0% report no religion—a figure that is well below the Western Australian average but about the same as the national rate. Other faiths are less common, with Buddhism at 3.6%, Hinduism at 1.9%, and Islam at 1.7%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Bateman (South Metropolitan), the largest group is Christianity at 49%, followed by No religion (38%) and Not stated (5%).
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- Catholic 23.5%
- Anglican 10.3%
- Other Christian 5.5%
- Uniting Church 2.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.5%
- Baptist 2.3%
- Pentecostal 1.3%
- Orthodox 1.0%
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- No religion 37.6%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.6%
- Sikhism 0.4%
- 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 Bateman (South Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED50605/bateman/topic/religion