28.0% ▲ +102.4%
Lower than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Cobar · Council (LGA)
Religion in Cobar
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A rise of 14 percentage points in people claiming no religion since 2011 shows a shifting spiritual landscape in Cobar. While this trend mirrors other areas, the typical resident is still more likely to be religious than those in the rest of Australia.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Over half of the population (53.9%) identifies as Christian, while 28.0% have no religion. This last figure is far below the national average of 38.9% and well below the New South Wales figure of 33.2%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Cobar, Christianity is the majority at 54%; No religion is next at 28%.
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- Catholic 29.3%
- Anglican 14.2%
- Uniting Church 3.8%
- Baptist 2.3%
- Other Christian 1.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.7%
- Pentecostal 0.4%
- Orthodox 0.1%
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- No religion 27.7%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Sikhism 0.3%
- Other religious groups 0.2%
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 Cobar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA11750/cobar/topic/religion