40.5% ▲ +109.6%
Lower than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 32.2%
- 2021: 40.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Central Highlands · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Central Highlands
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Central Highlands sits around the middle of similar areas for religious affiliation, with 40.5% of residents reporting no religion. While Christian faith remains the most common affiliation at 47.1%, the number of people claiming no religion has surged by 21 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The 40.5% of people with no religion is a little above the national figure, though it ever since 2011. This is well below the 50% seen across Tasmania, while other faiths like Buddhism and Hinduism each account for 0.5% of the population.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Central Highlands, the largest group is Christianity at 47%, followed by No religion (40%) and Not stated (11%).
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- Anglican 23.5%
- Catholic 15.6%
- Other Christian 3.1%
- Uniting Church 2.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.0%
- Baptist 0.5%
- Pentecostal 0.4%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- No religion 39.6%
- 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/sa2/603011065/central-highlands/topic/religion