50.5% ▲ +70.7%
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 37.9%
- 2021: 50.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Cooloongup · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Cooloongup
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A far higher share of people in Cooloongup report having no religion compared to the rest of the country. Over half the population now identifies as non-religious, which is 12 percentage points above the national figure.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 50.5% of residents have no religion, a figure that rose 21 points since 2011 and is well above the Western Australian average. Christianity is the next most common affiliation at 37.4%, followed by smaller groups of Buddhists (1.1%) and Muslims (0.9%).
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Cooloongup, No religion is the majority at 50%; Christianity is next at 37%.
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- No religion 50.0%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 13.4%
- Anglican 12.5%
- Other Christian 5.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.8%
- Uniting Church 1.4%
- Baptist 1.3%
- Pentecostal 0.8%
- Orthodox 0.5%
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- Other religious groups 0.7%
- 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 Cooloongup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/507051186/cooloongup/topic/religion