32.7% ▲ +37.5%
Lower than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 32.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Derby · Urban Centre
Religion in Derby
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A growing number of residents in Derby now report having no religion, with this group rising by 8.9 percentage points since 2011. While this trend is upward, the 32.7% of people without a faith is still well below the national figure.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 36.3%, while 32.7% of people have no religion. This figure is far below the Western Australian average of 42.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Derby splits fairly evenly between Christianity (36%) and No religion (33%), with Not stated at 29%.
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- Catholic 18.0%
- Other Christian 6.6%
- Anglican 4.5%
- Uniting Church 3.4%
- Pentecostal 1.8%
- Baptist 1.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.9%
- Orthodox 0.1%
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- No religion 32.5%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
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- Aboriginal traditional 0.5%
- Other religious groups 0.4%
- 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 Derby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL515010/derby/topic/religion