46.1% ▲ +71.3%
Higher than 72% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 35.5%
- 2021: 46.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Maylands (East Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Religion in Maylands (East Metropolitan)
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More people identify as having no religion in Maylands than in most similar areas. Nearly half of the population, or 46.1%, now report no religious affiliation, making the area notably less religious than the state and national averages.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The 46.1% of people with no religion is well above the Western Australian figure of 42.9% and the Australian average of 38.9%. This shift is part of a significant trend, with the number of people reporting no religion rising 19 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Maylands (East Metropolitan), the largest group is No religion at 46%, followed by Christianity (39%) and Not stated (6%).
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- No religion 45.5%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 22.4%
- Anglican 7.2%
- Other Christian 4.0%
- Orthodox 1.8%
- Uniting Church 1.2%
- Baptist 0.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.8%
- Pentecostal 0.5%
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- Sikhism 0.6%
- 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 Maylands (East Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED53402/maylands/topic/religion