51.9% ▲ +77.6%
Higher than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 38.3%
- 2021: 51.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Cooya Beach · Urban Centre
Religion in Cooya Beach
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than half the population now identifies as having no religion, a huge shift for Cooya Beach since 2011. This group grew by 23 percentage points over the decade, leaving the area far above the national figure for non-religious residents.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
People with no religion now make up 51.9% of the population, which is much higher than most areas and 13 points above the Australian average. Christianity follows at 37.3%, with smaller groups of Buddhists (1.1%) and Hindus (0.6%) also present.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Cooya Beach, No religion is the majority at 52%; Christianity is next at 37%.
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- No religion 51.5%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.4%
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- Catholic 16.7%
- Anglican 9.8%
- Other Christian 3.2%
- Uniting Church 3.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.9%
- Baptist 1.2%
- Pentecostal 0.8%
- Orthodox 0.6%
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 Cooya Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321033/cooya-beach/topic/religion