32.2% ▲ +17.8%
Lower than 80% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 32.2%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Cowan · Federal Electorate
Religion in Cowan
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of all people in Cowan, 45.5%, identify as Christian. This makes the area far more religious than the state or national average. While the number of people with no religion has risen since 2011, the figure remains much lower than in most other areas.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 45.5%, followed by those with no religion at 32.2%. Other groups include Islam (6.5%), Buddhism (5.0%), and Hinduism (2.4%). The share of people reporting no religion is well below the Australian figure of 38.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Cowan, the largest group is Christianity at 46%, followed by No religion (32%) and Islam (7%).
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- Catholic 23.9%
- Anglican 6.8%
- Other Christian 6.1%
- Orthodox 3.8%
- Baptist 2.1%
- Pentecostal 1.1%
- Uniting Church 1.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.8%
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- No religion 31.8%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Sikhism 0.9%
- Other religious groups 0.5%
- 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 Cowan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED504/cowan/topic/religion