54.7% ▲ +67.8%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 44.3%
- 2021: 54.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Cookernup · Urban Centre
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Over half of the people in Cookernup now report having no religion. This shift is a defining feature of the area, with the number of non-religious residents climbing steeply over the last decade.
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
More than half of residents (54.7%) identify with no religion, a figure far above the national average of 38.9%. This group has grown by 22 percentage points since 2011, while 34.9% of the community still identifies as Christian.
54.7% ▲ +67.8%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
In Cookernup, No religion is the majority at 55%; Christianity is next at 35%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Religion in Cookernup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522013/cookernup/topic/religion