30.8% —
Lower than 86% of state electorate areas.
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Cannington (South Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Religion in Cannington (South Metropolitan)
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far fewer people identify as having no religion in Cannington than in the rest of the state. Only 30.8% of residents report no faith, which is a huge gap compared to the Western Australian figure of 42.9%. This makes Cannington stand out as a more religious area than most other parts of the country.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 35.6%, followed by Islam at 10.4%. Other significant groups include Hindus at 5.8% and Buddhists at 5.4%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Cannington (South Metropolitan) splits fairly evenly between Christianity (36%) and No religion (31%), with Islam at 10%.
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- Catholic 17.5%
- Other Christian 6.1%
- Anglican 5.6%
- Baptist 1.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.6%
- Uniting Church 1.1%
- Pentecostal 1.1%
- Orthodox 0.8%
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- No religion 30.5%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Sikhism 4.6%
- Other religious groups 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 Cannington (South Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED51205/cannington/topic/religion