50.2% ▲ +66.4%
Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 37.5%
- 2021: 50.2%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Albany · Urban Centre
Religion in Albany
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Over half of the population in Albany now reports having no religion. This shift is striking, with the number of people claiming no faith jumping 20 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 50.2% of residents have no religion, a figure far above the Australian average of 38.9%. Christianity is the next most common affiliation at 39.7%, while other faiths like Buddhism and Hinduism are much less common.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Albany, No religion is the majority at 50%; Christianity is next at 40%.
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- No religion 49.7%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Anglican 11.6%
- Catholic 10.9%
- Other Christian 7.9%
- Baptist 3.3%
- Uniting Church 2.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.3%
- Pentecostal 0.8%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.5%
- 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 Albany [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL512001/albany/topic/religion