42.2% —
Higher than 51% of state electorate areas.
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Central Wheatbelt (Agricultural) · State Electorate
Religion in Central Wheatbelt (Agricultural)
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A higher share of people in Central Wheatbelt (Agricultural) claim no religion compared to the national figure. About 42.2% of the population report no religious affiliation, which is well above the 38.9% seen across Australia. This lack of affiliation is nearly as common as claiming a faith, with Christianity being the only other major group.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 42.9%, while 42.2% of residents report no religion, a figure about the same as the Western Australian average. Other groups are small, with Buddhism at 0.4%, other religions at 0.4%, and Islam at 0.3%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Central Wheatbelt (Agricultural) splits fairly evenly between Christianity (43%) and No religion (42%), with Not stated at 13%.
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- Anglican 15.3%
- Catholic 14.6%
- Other Christian 6.6%
- Uniting Church 3.4%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.3%
- Baptist 1.2%
- Pentecostal 0.3%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- No religion 41.8%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 0.1%
- 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 Central Wheatbelt (Agricultural) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED51401/central-wheatbelt/topic/religion