44.5% —
Higher than 63% of state electorate areas.
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Pilbara (Mining and Pastoral) · State Electorate
Religion in Pilbara (Mining and Pastoral)
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More people have stepped away from organised faith in Pilbara (Mining and Pastoral) since the last census. Nearly 45% of the population now reports no religion, making the region significantly less religious than the national average.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 44.5% of residents identify as having no religion, which is higher than most areas and well above the Australian figure of 38.9%. Other common faiths include Christianity at 30.1%, while Islam, Buddhism and Hinduism each account for around 1% of the population.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Pilbara (Mining and Pastoral), the largest group is No religion at 45%, followed by Christianity (30%) and Not stated (20%).
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- No religion 44.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Catholic 15.3%
- Anglican 5.5%
- Other Christian 5.1%
- Baptist 1.5%
- Uniting Church 1.0%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.6%
- Orthodox 0.4%
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- Aboriginal traditional 0.5%
- Other religious groups 0.2%
- Sikhism 0.2%
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 Pilbara (Mining and Pastoral) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED54403/pilbara/topic/religion