49.5% —
Higher than 87% of state electorate areas.
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Collie-Preston (South West) · State Electorate
Religion in Collie-Preston (South West)
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of all residents in Collie-Preston report having no religion, a figure far above the national average. This lack of religious affiliation is a defining feature of the area, with 49.5% of people identifying as non-religious.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Almost half of the population (49.5%) claims no religion, which is well above the Western Australian figure of 42.9%. Christianity is the next most common affiliation at 40.7%, while Buddhism and Islam each account for 0.6%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Collie-Preston (South West), the largest group is No religion at 49%, followed by Christianity (41%) and Not stated (8%).
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- No religion 49.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 16.6%
- Anglican 13.0%
- Other Christian 5.6%
- Uniting Church 2.1%
- Baptist 1.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.2%
- Pentecostal 0.5%
- Orthodox 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 Collie-Preston (South West) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED51706/collie-preston/topic/religion