47.6% ▲ +70.7%
Higher than 80% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 36.6%
- 2021: 47.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Cottesloe · Council (LGA)
Religion in Cottesloe
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of the population in Cottesloe reports having no religion, a figure that has climbed steeply over the last decade. This shift is reflected in the local data, where 47.6% of residents now identify as non-religious. This makes the area much less religious than most other parts of the country.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The proportion of people with no religion rose 20 percentage points since 2011 to reach 47.6%, which is well above the national figure of 38.9%. While those with no religion are the largest group, 44.6% of residents still identify with a Christian faith.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Cottesloe splits fairly evenly between No religion (48%) and Christianity (45%), with Not stated at 6%.
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- No religion 47.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 18.6%
- Anglican 18.3%
- Uniting Church 2.3%
- Other Christian 2.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.3%
- Orthodox 1.2%
- Baptist 0.4%
- Pentecostal 0.3%
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- Other religious groups 0.2%
- Sikhism 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 Cottesloe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA52170/cottesloe/topic/religion