46.3% ▲ +77.3%
Higher than 72% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2021: 46.3%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Bunbury (South West) · State Electorate
Religion in Bunbury (South West)
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A huge shift in faith has seen the number of people with no religion in Bunbury jump by 20 percentage points since 2011. Nearly half the population now reports no religious affiliation, marking a significant departure from the area's past.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Those with no religion make up 46.3% of the population, which is well above the national figure of 38.9%. This is the most common group in the area, followed by Christians at 42.3%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Bunbury (South West) splits fairly evenly between No religion (46%) and Christianity (42%), with Not stated at 8%.
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- No religion 45.8%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 17.6%
- Anglican 12.4%
- Other Christian 6.0%
- Baptist 1.9%
- Uniting Church 1.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.1%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
- Orthodox 0.5%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 0.2%
- 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 Bunbury (South West) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED50906/bunbury/topic/religion