41.5% ▲ +79.9%
Lower than 56% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 41.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Geraldton · Urban Area
Religion in Geraldton
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A larger share of people in Geraldton identify as having no religion compared to the national figure. While 41.5% of the community identify this way, it is a little below the Western Australian average. This reflects a significant shift in the local landscape over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 44.6%, while the proportion of people with no religion rose 18 points since 2011. Other groups include Islam at 1.5%, Buddhism at 0.9%, and Hinduism at 0.4%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Geraldton splits fairly evenly between Christianity (45%) and No religion (41%), with Not stated at 11%.
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- Catholic 22.3%
- Anglican 11.9%
- Other Christian 5.1%
- Uniting Church 2.0%
- Pentecostal 1.5%
- Baptist 0.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.8%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- No religion 41.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 0.1%
- 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 Geraldton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/5006/geraldton/topic/religion