46.8% ▲ +66.2%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 37.2%
- 2021: 46.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Cowes · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Cowes
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far more people in Cowes now report having no religion compared to previous years. Nearly half of the population, 46.8%, currently identify as non-religious, which is well above the national figure.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The typical resident is either non-religious (46.8%) or Christian (42.4%). This high proportion of people with no religion is much higher than most similar areas and sits well above the Victorian average.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Cowes splits fairly evenly between No religion (47%) and Christianity (42%), with Not stated at 8%.
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- No religion 46.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 16.1%
- Anglican 13.2%
- Uniting Church 4.0%
- Other Christian 3.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.0%
- Baptist 2.0%
- Orthodox 1.5%
- Pentecostal 0.4%
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- Sikhism 0.7%
- Other religious groups 0.1%
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 Cowes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20657/cowes/topic/religion