35.7% —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 35.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Coombs · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Coombs
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A diverse mix of faiths defines daily life in Coombs, where no single group dominates the community. It is a spiritually varied area where the typical resident is more likely to identify with a religion than people in the wider ACT.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Only 35.7% of residents report no religion, which is well below the ACT figure of 44.2% and the national figure of 38.9%. This spiritual diversity is reflected in the community, with 31.9% identifying as Christians, followed by Hinduism at 11.6%, Islam at 8.1%, and Buddhism at 4.1%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Coombs splits fairly evenly between No religion (36%) and Christianity (32%), with Hinduism at 12%.
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- No religion 35.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 17.3%
- Other Christian 5.0%
- Anglican 3.4%
- Orthodox 1.9%
- Pentecostal 1.4%
- Baptist 1.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.9%
- Uniting Church 0.8%
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- Sikhism 2.9%
- Other religious groups 0.7%
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 Coombs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80041/coombs/topic/religion