47.7% ▲ +70.1%
Higher than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 36.9%
- 2021: 47.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Cottesloe · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Cottesloe
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of all residents in Cottesloe report having no religion, a figure that has jumped by 20 percentage points since 2011. This shift makes the area much less religious than most other parts of the state and the country.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 47.7% of people here have no religion, which is well above the national figure of 38.9%. Those with a religious affiliation are mostly Christian (44.6%), while Buddhism and Hinduism make up small proportions of the population.
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 18.5%
- Anglican 18.4%
- Uniting Church 2.3%
- Other Christian 2.1%
- 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/sa2/503011032/cottesloe/topic/religion