14.5% ▲ +81.3%
Lower than 99% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Cocos (Keeling) Islands · Sub-region (SA3)
Religion in Cocos (Keeling) Islands
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far fewer people identify as having no religion in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands than in most other parts of the country. Islam is the dominant faith here, with 65.6% of the population identifying as Muslim. This creates a religious profile that stands apart from both the rest of the territories and the national average.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Islam is the most common faith at 65.6%, while only 14.5% of people report no religion. This figure is far below the Australian average of 38.9%, though the number of people with no faith has risen 6.5 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Islam is the majority at 65%; Not stated is next at 16%.
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- No religion 13.9%
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- Catholic 2.0%
- Anglican 1.5%
- Other Christian 0.7%
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 Cocos (Keeling) Islands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/90102/cocos-islands/topic/religion