39.5% ▲ +73.0%
Lower than 58% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 39.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Cook · Council (LGA)
Religion in Cook
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A rise of 17 percentage points in people with no religion has shifted the spiritual landscape of Cook since 2011. This change means that nearly 40% of the population now identifies as non-religious, making it the most common group in the region.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 39.5% of people here have no religion, which is about the same as the national figure. This group is slightly smaller than the Queensland average, while Christians make up 38% of the population.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Cook splits fairly evenly between No religion (39%) and Christianity (38%), with Not stated at 21%.
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- No religion 38.8%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 13.3%
- Other Christian 9.8%
- Anglican 8.4%
- Uniting Church 2.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.8%
- Pentecostal 1.2%
- Baptist 1.1%
- Orthodox 0.1%
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- Aboriginal traditional 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 Cook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA32500/cook/topic/religion