40.4% ▲ +105.4%
Lower than 54% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 40.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Central Highlands · Council (LGA)
Religion in Central Highlands
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
About 40% of people in Central Highlands (Tas.) report having no religion, a figure that sits around the middle for similar areas. While the area is more likely to be religious than the rest of Tasmania, a growing number of residents have moved away from formal faith.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 46.9%, while those with no religion rose by 21 points since 2011 to reach 40.4%. This latest figure is a little above the national average, though it remains well below the 50% seen across Tasmania.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Central Highlands, the largest group is Christianity at 47%, followed by No religion (41%) and Not stated (11%).
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- Anglican 23.5%
- Catholic 15.8%
- Other Christian 3.0%
- Uniting Church 3.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.9%
- Baptist 0.4%
- Pentecostal 0.4%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- No religion 40.0%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 0.2%
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 Highlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA61010/central-highlands/topic/religion