43.4% ▲ +67.9%
Higher than 59% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 43.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Cottesloe - Claremont · Sub-region (SA3)
Religion in Cottesloe - Claremont
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
An 18 percentage point rise in people with no religion since 2011 marks a major shift for Cottesloe - Claremont. While nearly half the population still identifies as Christian, the number of people claiming no faith has climbed sharply to 43.4%. This shift mirrors a wider national trend toward secularism.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity remains the most common faith at 45.8%, while 43.4% of residents now report no religion, a figure well above the Australian average. Other groups include Buddhism (1.7%), Hinduism (1.3%), and Islam (1.1%).
Religious affiliation
View on map →Cottesloe - Claremont splits fairly evenly between Christianity (46%) and No religion (43%), with Not stated at 6%.
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- Catholic 19.5%
- Anglican 16.1%
- Other Christian 3.2%
- Uniting Church 2.7%
- Orthodox 1.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.3%
- Baptist 0.8%
- Pentecostal 0.4%
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- No religion 42.8%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- 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 Cottesloe - Claremont [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/50301/cottesloe-claremont/topic/religion