40.8% ▲ +78.8%
Lower than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 40.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Cooloola · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Cooloola
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Cooloola sits around the middle of similar areas for its lack of religious affiliation. While 47.7% of people identify as Christians, those with no religion now make up a large 40.8% of the population.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The share of people with no religion has risen 18 points since 2011 to reach 40.8%, which is about the same as the Queensland figure. Other small groups include Buddhists at 0.7% and those with other religions at 0.4%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Cooloola, the largest group is Christianity at 48%, followed by No religion (41%) and Not stated (10%).
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- Anglican 17.8%
- Catholic 14.4%
- Other Christian 5.3%
- Uniting Church 5.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.7%
- Baptist 1.8%
- Pentecostal 0.5%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- No religion 40.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- 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 Cooloola [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/319031511/cooloola/topic/religion