47.2% ▲ +132.3%
Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 47.2%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Cowan · Urban Centre
Religion in Cowan
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of people in Cowan (L) report having no religion, a figure well above the national average. This shift toward non-religious identities has grown rapidly over the last decade, leaving the area's religious landscape split almost evenly between those with no faith and Christians.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Almost 47.2% of residents claim no religion, which is 14 points higher than the New South Wales figure. This represents a significant rise from 2011, when only 20.3% of the population felt this way.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Cowan splits fairly evenly between No religion (47%) and Christianity (47%), with Not stated at 4%.
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- No religion 46.8%
- Secular beliefs 0.7%
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- Anglican 15.1%
- Catholic 14.5%
- Other Christian 7.8%
- Uniting Church 2.8%
- Baptist 2.7%
- Pentecostal 1.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.7%
- Orthodox 0.5%
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- Other religious groups 0.5%
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 Cowan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121025/cowan/topic/religion