A porous membrane for a secondary battery, including non-conductive particles and a binder for a porous membrane, wherein the non-conductive particle is a polymer particle having a core-shell structure, the non-conductive particle has a core portion having a glass transition point of 30° C. to 90° C., the non-conductive particle has a shell portion having a glass transition point higher than that of the core portion by 10° C. or higher, a thickness of the shell portion is 0.01% to 3.0% of a number average particle diameter of the non-conductive particles, and a number average particle diameter (A) of the non-conductive particle and a number average particle diameter (B) of the binder for a porous membrane satisfy (A)>(B).