43.7% ▲ +66.9%
Higher than 59% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 34.8%
- 2021: 43.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Midland (East Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Religion in Midland (East Metropolitan)
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A shift away from traditional faith is a defining feature of daily life in Midland, where nearly 44% of people now report no religion. This represents a significant change in the local landscape, as the number of people without a faith has jumped 18 points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
People with no religion make up 43.7% of the population, which is well above the national figure and about the same as the Western Australian average. This group is now the largest, slightly edging out Christians who account for 42.9% of residents.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Midland (East Metropolitan) splits fairly evenly between No religion (44%) and Christianity (43%), with Not stated at 8%.
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- No religion 43.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 20.3%
- Anglican 10.0%
- Other Christian 6.8%
- Baptist 1.4%
- Uniting Church 1.2%
- Pentecostal 1.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.1%
- Orthodox 0.7%
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- Sikhism 0.7%
- 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 Midland (East Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED53502/midland/topic/religion