46.6% ▲ +76.3%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 37.9%
- 2021: 46.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Cowan · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Cowan
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A growing number of people in Cowan now report having no religion. This shift is reflected in the 2021 data, where nearly half of the population identifies as non-religious.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Almost 47% of residents report no religion, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 33.2%. Christianity remains the most common affiliation at 47.7%, while other faiths like Islam and Hinduism each account for 0.8% of the population.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Cowan splits fairly evenly between Christianity (48%) and No religion (46%), with Not stated at 3%.
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- Anglican 15.8%
- Catholic 13.4%
- Other Christian 7.9%
- Uniting Church 3.0%
- Baptist 2.5%
- Pentecostal 1.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.6%
- Orthodox 0.5%
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- No religion 45.8%
- Secular beliefs 0.6%
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- Other religious groups 0.5%
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 Cowan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11097/cowan/topic/religion