45.8% ▲ +68.9%
Higher than 77% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 36.3%
- 2021: 45.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Cooper · Federal Electorate
Religion in Cooper
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of people in Cooper report having no religion, making it much less religious than most other areas. This shift is striking, as the number of people with no faith has jumped by 19 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
At 45.8%, the share of residents with no religion is well above the national figure of 38.9%. Other major groups include Christians at 38.1%, followed by smaller communities of Muslims, Buddhists, and Hindus.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Cooper, the largest group is No religion at 46%, followed by Christianity (38%) and Not stated (6%).
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- No religion 45.0%
- Secular beliefs 0.6%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 21.2%
- Orthodox 9.0%
- Anglican 2.8%
- Other Christian 2.8%
- Uniting Church 0.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.6%
- Baptist 0.4%
- Pentecostal 0.3%
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- Sikhism 0.4%
- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.0%
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 Cooper [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED208/cooper/topic/religion