43.7% ▲ +100.8%
Higher than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 43.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Meekatharra · Urban Centre
Religion in Meekatharra
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of the people in Meekatharra now report having no religion. This shift is a major change for the town, with the number of people claiming no faith leaping by 22 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
No religion is the most common response at 43.7%, which is well above the national figure of 38.9%. Christianity follows at 28.0%, while other faiths like Buddhism and Islam make up a very small part of the population.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Meekatharra, the largest group is No religion at 44%, followed by Christianity (28%) and Not stated (26%).
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- No religion 43.2%
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- Catholic 10.6%
- Other Christian 10.0%
- Anglican 6.5%
- Baptist 1.0%
- Uniting Church 0.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.9%
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- Aboriginal traditional 0.4%
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 Meekatharra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521032/meekatharra/topic/religion