25.6% ▲ +112.8%
Lower than 90% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Bourke - Cobar - Coonamble · Sub-region (SA3)
Religion in Bourke - Cobar - Coonamble
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A far lower share of people claim no religion in Bourke - Cobar - Coonamble compared to the rest of the country. While 38.9% of Australians report no faith, only 25.6% of people in this region do. This makes it one of the least likely areas in the state to be non-religious.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
More than half of residents (55.2%) identify as Christian, while Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam each account for about 0.4% to 0.5%. Although the number of people with no religion rose by 14 points since 2011, it remains well below the New South Wales figure of 33.2%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Bourke - Cobar - Coonamble, Christianity is the majority at 55%; No religion is next at 26%.
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- Catholic 26.3%
- Anglican 19.4%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 3.0%
- Uniting Church 2.4%
- Other Christian 2.3%
- Baptist 1.0%
- Orthodox 0.4%
- Pentecostal 0.4%
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- No religion 25.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.1%
- Sikhism 0.1%
- 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 Bourke - Cobar - Coonamble [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/10501/bourke-cobar-coonamble/topic/religion