35.8% ▲ +82.4%
Lower than 74% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 35.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
West Swan (East Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Religion in West Swan (East Metropolitan)
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A shift toward secularism is clear in West Swan, where the share of people reporting no religion rose by 16 percentage points since 2011. While this figure has climbed to 35.8%, it remains well below the Western Australian average of 42.9%.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 41.9%, followed by no religion at 35.8%. Other groups include Islam at 5.4% and Hinduism at 4.4%, with the proportion of people reporting no religion being much lower than in most other areas.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In West Swan (East Metropolitan), the largest group is Christianity at 42%, followed by No religion (36%) and Not stated (6%).
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- Catholic 20.5%
- Anglican 8.3%
- Other Christian 6.5%
- Baptist 2.0%
- Pentecostal 1.7%
- Orthodox 1.3%
- Uniting Church 0.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.8%
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- No religion 35.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Sikhism 2.9%
- Other religious groups 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 West Swan (East Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED55802/west-swan/topic/religion