41.3% —
Lower than 54% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 41.3%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
South Perth (South Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Religion in South Perth (South Metropolitan)
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A shift toward secularism is visible in South Perth, where 41.3% of people now report having no religion. This represents a significant change for the area, with the number of people claiming no faith rising by 8.8 percentage points since 2016.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 43.4%, followed by those with no religion at 41.3%, which is a little above the national figure. Other groups include Buddhists (3.1%), Muslims (2.5%), and Hindus (2.0%).
Religious affiliation
View on map →South Perth (South Metropolitan) splits fairly evenly between Christianity (43%) and No religion (41%), with Not stated at 7%.
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- Catholic 21.7%
- Anglican 9.8%
- Other Christian 4.7%
- Uniting Church 2.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.5%
- Orthodox 1.2%
- Baptist 1.2%
- Pentecostal 0.8%
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- No religion 40.7%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.5%
- Sikhism 0.3%
- 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 South Perth (South Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED54905/south-perth/topic/religion