45.3% ▲ +69.1%
Higher than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 33.9%
- 2021: 45.3%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
West Coast · Council (LGA)
Religion in West Coast
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of the population in West Coast now identify as having no religion. This group is the largest in the region, making up 45.3% of residents and marking a significant shift in the area's spiritual landscape.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The proportion of people with no religion has risen by 19 percentage points since 2011 to 45.3%. While this is well above the national figure of 38.9%, it remains well below Tasmania's 50.0%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In West Coast, the largest group is No religion at 45%, followed by Christianity (40%) and Not stated (12%).
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- No religion 45.0%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Catholic 16.5%
- Anglican 14.8%
- Other Christian 4.3%
- Uniting Church 2.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.1%
- Baptist 0.5%
- Pentecostal 0.3%
- Orthodox 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.8%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.1%
- Sikhism 0.1%
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 West Coast [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA65610/west-coast/topic/religion