51.1% ▲ +73.1%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 39.6%
- 2021: 51.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Coolum Beach · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Coolum Beach
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than half of the people in Coolum Beach report having no religion, a figure far above the national average. This creates a significant gap compared to the rest of the country, where fewer people identify as non-religious.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 51.1% of residents have no religion, which is much higher than most similar areas and well above the Queensland figure of 41.2%. Those with a religious affiliation are mostly Christian at 40.7%, followed by smaller groups of Buddhists at 1.0% and Hindus at 0.4%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Coolum Beach, No religion is the majority at 51%; Christianity is next at 41%.
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- No religion 50.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 16.2%
- Anglican 11.2%
- Other Christian 4.8%
- Uniting Church 3.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.8%
- Baptist 1.5%
- Pentecostal 1.4%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
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 Coolum Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30686/coolum-beach/topic/religion