40.4% ▲ +142.8%
Lower than 54% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 40.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Cowper · Federal Electorate
Religion in Cowper
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Cowper sits around the middle of similar areas for religious affiliation, though the number of people claiming no religion has climbed sharply. While 48.2% of residents identify as Christians, a growing number of people now report no religious affiliation at all.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Those with no religion make up 40.4% of the population, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 33.2%. This group has grown significantly, rising by 24 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Cowper, the largest group is Christianity at 48%, followed by No religion (40%) and Not stated (9%).
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- Catholic 18.6%
- Anglican 16.2%
- Other Christian 4.8%
- Uniting Church 3.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.8%
- Pentecostal 1.2%
- Baptist 1.1%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- No religion 39.8%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Other religious groups 0.6%
- Sikhism 0.4%
- Aboriginal traditional 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 Cowper [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED110/cowper/topic/religion