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City of CockburnCommunity profile

In the City of Cockburn in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (26.1% of all people), while 42.6% of people had no religion and 5.4% did not answer the question on religion.

The City of Cockburn's religion statistics provide an indicator of cultural identity and ethnicity when observed in conjunction with other key variables. Religion data reveal the major concentrations of religions as well as revealing the proportion of people with no religious affiliation. There are a number of reasons for different religious compositions across areas including the country of birth and ethnic background of the population, the age of the population (belief in religion is generally stronger, the older the population) and changes in values and belief systems.

The City of Cockburn's religion statistics should be analysed in conjunction with other ethnicity statistics such as Country of Birth data and Language Spoken data to assist in identifying specific cultural and ethnic groups.

Please note: Due to changes in ABS rules around perturbation and additivity of data to protect the confidentiality of individuals, counts of individual religion groups and totals derived from them may differ slightly from those published by the ABS.

Q:

Derived from the Census question:

'What is the person's religion?'

Religion - Summary
City of Cockburn - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
Religion totalsNumber%Greater Perth %Number%Greater Perth %2016 to 2021
Christian total53,69945.541.855,46353.149.7-1,764
Non Christian total6,9185.99.45,3435.18.1+1,575
Non-classifiable religious belief7540.60.67090.70.7+45
No Religion/secular beliefs50,30642.642.033,90532.532.5+16,401
Not stated6,4145.46.29,0458.79.1-2,631
Total Population118,091100.0100.0104,465100.0100.0+13,626
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information
Religion - Ranked by size
City of Cockburn - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
ReligionNumber%Greater Perth %Number%Greater Perth %2016 to 2021
Western (Roman) Catholic30,76926.119.430,52229.222.0+247
Anglican9,6488.29.912,09811.613.8-2,450
Christian,nfd3,8883.33.43,2573.13.4+631
Hinduism2,0911.82.31,4331.41.9+658
Buddhism2,0731.82.51,8711.82.5+202
Islam1,7481.53.01,1561.12.4+592
Baptist1,7431.51.61,5971.51.7+146
Presbyterian and Reformed1,4571.21.31,6941.61.8-237
Pentecostal1,4181.21.11,4271.41.1-9
Uniting Church1,3351.11.51,7161.62.0-381
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information

Excludes religions with fewer than 10 adherents.

Dominant groups

Analysis of the religious affiliation of the population of the City of Cockburn in 2021 compared to Greater Perth shows that there was a similar proportion of people who professed a religion and a higher proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 51.3% of the population nominated a religion, and 42.6% said they had no religion, compared with 51.1% and 42.0% respectively for Greater Perth.

The largest single religion in the City of Cockburn was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 26.1% of the population or 30,769 people as adherents.

The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of the City of Cockburn and Greater Perth were:

  • A larger percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (26.1% compared to 19.4%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Anglican (8.2% compared to 9.9%)
  • A smaller percentage who nominated Islam (1.5% compared to 3.0%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in the City of Cockburn between 2016 and 2021 were for those who nominated:

  • Anglican (-2,450 persons)
  • Hinduism (+658 persons)
  • Christian,nfd (+631 persons)
  • Islam (+592 persons)

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