48.5% ▲ +83.9%
Higher than 88% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 35.9%
- 2021: 48.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Lyons · Federal Electorate
Religion in Lyons
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Almost half of the people in Lyons reported having no religion, a figure that has surged by 22 percentage points since 2011. This shift makes the area much more likely to be non-religious than most other similar places. While 48.5% of residents claim no faith, another 41.7% identify with a Christian denomination.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The 48.5% of residents with no religion is well above the national figure of 38.9%, though it sits a little below the Tasmanian average of 50.0%. Other faiths are rare here, with Buddhism and other religions each making up only 0.5% of the population.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Lyons, the largest group is No religion at 48%, followed by Christianity (42%) and Not stated (8%).
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- No religion 48.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Anglican 18.7%
- Catholic 13.2%
- Other Christian 4.3%
- Uniting Church 2.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.2%
- Baptist 1.1%
- Pentecostal 0.4%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 0.1%
- 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 Lyons [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED605/lyons/topic/religion