40.9% ▲ +49.1%
Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 40.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Geraldton · Urban Centre
Religion in Geraldton
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Faith and belief are diverse in Geraldton, where nearly 41% of people now report having no religion. This shift is a major change for the area, as the number of non-religious residents has climbed by 13 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity remains the most common faith at 44.9%, though 40.9% of residents now identify with no religion. This figure is a little lower than the Western Australian average but a little above the national figure.
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 22.6%
- Anglican 11.8%
- Other Christian 5.1%
- Uniting Church 2.1%
- Pentecostal 1.4%
- Baptist 1.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.8%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- No religion 40.6%
- 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/ucl/UCL512003/geraldton/topic/religion