43.6% ▲ +98.4%
Higher than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 43.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Southern Midlands · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Southern Midlands
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More people identify as having no religion in Southern Midlands than in most similar areas. While nearly half the population still identifies as Christian, there has been a significant shift toward secularism in recent years.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Those with no religion now make up 43.6% of the area, a figure that rose 22 points since 2011. This is well above the national figure of 38.9%, though it remains well below Tasmania's 50.0%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Southern Midlands splits fairly evenly between Christianity (46%) and No religion (44%), with Not stated at 10%.
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- Anglican 24.2%
- Catholic 15.1%
- Uniting Church 3.1%
- Other Christian 1.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.9%
- Pentecostal 0.4%
- Baptist 0.4%
- Orthodox 0.1%
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- No religion 43.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
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 Southern Midlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/603011067/southern-midlands/topic/religion