38.3% ▲ +67.3%
Lower than 66% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 38.3%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Belmont (East Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Religion in Belmont (East Metropolitan)
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A 15 percentage point rise in people reporting no religion has shifted the spiritual landscape of Belmont since 2011. Today, those with no faith and those identifying as Christians make up equal shares of the population at 38.3% each.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
While 38.3% of people in Belmont now report no religion, this is well below the Western Australian figure of 42.9%. Other notable groups include those following Islam at 7.1%, Buddhism at 3.7%, and Hinduism at 2.8%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Belmont (East Metropolitan) splits fairly evenly between No religion (38%) and Christianity (38%), with Not stated at 8%.
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- No religion 37.8%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Catholic 20.3%
- Anglican 7.7%
- Other Christian 5.3%
- Uniting Church 1.2%
- Baptist 1.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.0%
- Pentecostal 1.0%
- Orthodox 0.8%
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- Sikhism 0.8%
- Other religious groups 0.4%
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 Belmont (East Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED50702/belmont/topic/religion