50.6% ▲ +78.3%
Higher than 89% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 36.5%
- 2021: 50.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Central Coast · Council (LGA)
Religion in Central Coast
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Over half of people in Central Coast (Tas.) report having no religion, making it a place where secular views are now the norm. This shift is striking, with the number of people claiming no faith jumping 22 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 50.6% of residents have no religion, which is much higher than most similar areas and far above the national figure of 38.9%. Christianity remains the next most common faith at 40.8%, while Buddhism and Hinduism each account for 0.4%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Central Coast, No religion is the majority at 51%; Christianity is next at 41%.
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- No religion 50.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Anglican 12.8%
- Catholic 11.4%
- Other Christian 5.5%
- Uniting Church 4.9%
- Baptist 2.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.1%
- Pentecostal 1.7%
- Orthodox 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.2%
- 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 Central Coast [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA60810/central-coast/topic/religion