44.3% ▲ +61.9%
Higher than 61% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 33.5%
- 2021: 44.3%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
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Religion in Not in any Significant Urban Area
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A rise of 17 percentage points since 2011 marks the biggest shift in faith for people living in the remote areas of Western Australia. This region is now defined by a growing number of residents who do not identify with any religion, which is well above the national figure.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Almost 44.3% of people here have no religion, a figure that is higher than most areas and well above the Australian average. Those who do have a faith are mostly Christian at 37.3%, while Buddhism, Islam and other religions each make up around 1% or less.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Not in any Significant Urban Area, the largest group is No religion at 44%, followed by Christianity (37%) and Not stated (16%).
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- No religion 43.9%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 14.3%
- Anglican 11.6%
- Other Christian 5.9%
- Uniting Church 2.2%
- Baptist 1.4%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.1%
- Pentecostal 0.5%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.3%
- Sikhism 0.1%
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 Not in any Significant Urban Area [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/5000/not-in-any-significant-urban-area/topic/religion