47.7% ▲ +70.1%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 36.9%
- 2021: 47.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Cottesloe · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Cottesloe
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of all residents in Cottesloe report having no religion, making it a place where secular views are common. This shift toward a non-religious identity is far more pronounced here than in the rest of Australia.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 47.7% of people identify as having no religion, which is well above the national figure of 38.9%. Christianity remains common at 44.6%, while Buddhism and Hinduism are much less frequent, at 0.6% and 0.4% respectively.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Cottesloe splits fairly evenly between No religion (48%) and Christianity (45%), with Not stated at 6%.
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- No religion 47.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 18.5%
- Anglican 18.4%
- Uniting Church 2.3%
- Other Christian 2.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.3%
- Orthodox 1.2%
- Baptist 0.4%
- Pentecostal 0.3%
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- Other religious groups 0.2%
- Sikhism 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 Cottesloe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50343/cottesloe/topic/religion