37.1% ▲ +241.6%
Lower than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 37.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Cooma · Urban Centre
Religion in Cooma
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Fewer people identify with no religion in Cooma than in most similar areas. While 48.8% of residents still identify as Christian, those reporting no religion have surged to 37.1% over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The share of people with no religion rose by 26 percentage points since 2011 to reach 37.1%. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 33.2%, though it sits a little below the 38.9% national average.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Cooma, the largest group is Christianity at 49%, followed by No religion (37%) and Not stated (10%).
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- Catholic 23.5%
- Anglican 15.1%
- Other Christian 3.2%
- Baptist 2.0%
- Uniting Church 1.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.3%
- Pentecostal 1.0%
- Orthodox 0.8%
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- No religion 36.7%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 0.2%
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 Cooma [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL114004/cooma/topic/religion