49.2% ▲ +79.1%
Higher than 90% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 36.6%
- 2021: 49.2%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Bass · Federal Electorate
Religion in Bass
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A far higher share of people in Bass report no religion compared to the national figure, with 49.2% identifying this way. This figure is about the same as the Tasmanian average, but sits 10 percentage points above the Australian total. The trend toward having no religion has grown quickly here since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Almost half of the population (49.2%) now report no religion, a figure that rose 22 percentage points since 2011. Other common affiliations include Christianity at 38.8%, followed by Hinduism at 1.9%, Islam at 1.1%, and Buddhism at 1.1%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Bass, the largest group is No religion at 49%, followed by Christianity (39%) and Not stated (7%).
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- No religion 48.7%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Anglican 14.3%
- Catholic 11.2%
- Other Christian 5.5%
- Uniting Church 2.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.3%
- Baptist 1.4%
- Pentecostal 1.0%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- Other religious groups 0.5%
- Sikhism 0.4%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.0%
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 Bass [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED601/bass/topic/religion