27.0% ▲ +45.3%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Cowra · Urban Centre
Religion in Cowra
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than 63% of people in Cowra identify as Christians, making it a more religious area than the national average. While the number of people with no religion has risen to 27% since 2011, this is still far below the Australian figure.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith here at 63.3%. Those with no religion make up 27% of the population, which is much lower than most similar areas and well below the New South Wales figure of 33.2%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Cowra, Christianity is the majority at 63%; No religion is next at 27%.
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- Catholic 26.5%
- Anglican 21.1%
- Other Christian 5.4%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 4.0%
- Uniting Church 3.4%
- Baptist 1.6%
- Pentecostal 0.8%
- Orthodox 0.5%
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- No religion 26.9%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Aboriginal traditional 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 Cowra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL114007/cowra/topic/religion