42.2% ▲ +68.8%
Lower than 51% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 42.2%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Perth · Urban Area
Religion in Perth
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly 42% of people in Perth report having no religion, making it the most common response. This shift has been rapid, with the number of people rejecting a religious affiliation climbing by 17 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Those with no religion make up 42.2% of the population, which is about the same as the Western Australian figure and well above the national average. Christianity follows closely behind at 41.8%, while other faiths including Islam (3.0%), Buddhism (2.5%), and Hinduism (2.4%) represent smaller groups.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Perth splits fairly evenly between No religion (42%) and Christianity (42%), with Not stated at 7%.
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- No religion 41.7%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 19.5%
- Anglican 9.8%
- Other Christian 5.6%
- Baptist 1.6%
- Uniting Church 1.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.3%
- Orthodox 1.3%
- Pentecostal 1.1%
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- Sikhism 0.9%
- Other religious groups 0.4%
- 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 Perth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/5009/perth/topic/religion