43.3% —
Higher than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 34.7%
- 2021: 43.3%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
North West Central (Mining and Pastoral) · State Electorate
Religion in North West Central (Mining and Pastoral)
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A shift toward secularism is clear in North West Central (Mining and Pastoral), where the number of people reporting no religion rose by 8.6 percentage points since 2016. Now, 43.3% of the population identifies as non-religious, a figure that sits well above the national average.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 43.3% of people here have no religion, which is about the same as the Western Australian figure. Christianity is the next most common affiliation at 32.0%, while other religions, Buddhism and Islam make up small shares of the population.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In North West Central (Mining and Pastoral), the largest group is No religion at 43%, followed by Christianity (32%) and Not stated (21%).
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- No religion 43.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Catholic 14.8%
- Anglican 7.6%
- Other Christian 6.2%
- Uniting Church 1.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.9%
- Baptist 0.9%
- Pentecostal 0.3%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- Aboriginal traditional 1.3%
- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 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 North West Central (Mining and Pastoral) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED54203/north-west-central/topic/religion