61.8% ▲ +47.2%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.0%
- 2016: 49.1%
- 2021: 61.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Cockatoo · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Cockatoo
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far more people in Cockatoo now identify as having no religion than in previous years. This shift is most evident in the 2021 data, where 61.8% of the population reported no religious affiliation.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 61.8% of residents have no religion, which is far above the Victorian figure of 39.3% and among the highest rates for similar areas. The remaining population is mostly Christian at 26.3%, with smaller groups following Buddhism, Islam and other faiths.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Cockatoo, No religion is the majority at 62%; Christianity is next at 26%.
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- No religion 60.7%
- Secular beliefs 0.5%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.5%
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- Catholic 10.1%
- Anglican 7.9%
- Other Christian 3.2%
- Uniting Church 2.0%
- Baptist 1.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.0%
- Orthodox 0.9%
- Pentecostal 0.3%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
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 Cockatoo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20600/cockatoo/topic/religion