64.8% ▲ +127.8%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 64.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Ocean Beach · Urban Centre
Religion in Ocean Beach
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A huge shift toward secularism has hit Ocean Beach, where the share of people with no religion climbed by 36 percentage points since 2011. Nearly 65% of residents now report no religious affiliation, a figure far above the national average.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
People with no religion make up 64.8% of the population, which is far above the Western Australian figure of 42.9%. Christianity is the next most common affiliation at 23.5%, followed by Buddhism at 1.6% and Judaism at 1.0%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Ocean Beach, No religion is the majority at 64%; Christianity is next at 23%.
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- No religion 64.0%
- Secular beliefs 0.5%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.4%
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- Anglican 10.6%
- Catholic 6.4%
- Other Christian 2.9%
- Uniting Church 1.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.0%
- Baptist 0.6%
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- Other religious groups 0.6%
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 Ocean Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521039/ocean-beach/topic/religion