36.7% ▲ +107.3%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 36.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Cooma · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Cooma
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of the people in Cooma identify as Christians, shaping a local culture where faith remains more common than in many other parts of the country. While those with no religion make up 36.7% of the population, the town maintains a higher rate of religious affiliation than the state average.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 49.2%, while 36.7% of residents report no religion, a figure that is a little below the national average. Other faiths are less common, with Buddhism and Islam each accounting for 1.2% of the population.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Cooma, the largest group is Christianity at 49%, followed by No religion (37%) and Not stated (10%).
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- Catholic 23.7%
- Anglican 15.3%
- Other Christian 3.1%
- Uniting Church 2.0%
- Baptist 2.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.3%
- Pentecostal 1.0%
- Orthodox 0.8%
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- No religion 36.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 0.2%
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 Cooma [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11036/cooma/topic/religion