43.4% ▲ +253.6%
Higher than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 43.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Rottnest Island · Urban Centre
Religion in Rottnest Island
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A growing number of people on Rottnest Island now identify as having no religion. This shift is striking, as the proportion of residents without a faith has climbed by 31 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Those with no religion make up 43.4% of the population, which is well above the national figure of 38.9%. Other common affiliations include Christianity at 34.9%, followed by Hinduism and Buddhism, both at 2.4%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Rottnest Island, the largest group is No religion at 43%, followed by Christianity (35%) and Not stated (16%).
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- No religion 43.1%
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- Catholic 21.6%
- Anglican 7.8%
- Baptist 3.0%
- Other Christian 2.4%
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 Rottnest Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522057/rottnest-island/topic/religion