49.7% ▲ +104.4%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 32.9%
- 2021: 49.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Cooroy · Urban Centre
Religion in Cooroy
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Almost half of all residents in Cooroy now report having no religion, a figure that has surged over the last decade. This shift makes the area far less religious than the national average, with nearly 50% of people identifying as non-religious.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The proportion of people with no religion rose 25 points since 2011 to reach 49.7%, which is well above the Queensland figure of 41.2%. Christians make up 40.5% of the population, while Buddhism and Hinduism are represented by less than 1% each.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Cooroy, the largest group is No religion at 50%, followed by Christianity (40%) and Not stated (8%).
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- No religion 49.1%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 12.3%
- Anglican 11.8%
- Other Christian 6.3%
- Uniting Church 4.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.4%
- Pentecostal 1.9%
- Baptist 0.8%
- Orthodox 0.4%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
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 Cooroy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315026/cooroy/topic/religion