53.2% ▲ +65.2%
Higher than 98% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 42.5%
- 2021: 53.2%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Hobart - South and West · Sub-region (SA3)
Religion in Hobart - South and West
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Over half of the population in Hobart - South and West now identifies as having no religion. This shift is stark, with the number of people reporting no faith jumping by 21 percentage points since 2011 to reach 53.2%. This makes the area far more secular than the Australian average.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
A typical resident here is more likely to have no religion than any other affiliation, a figure well above the Tasmanian average and far above the national one. Christianity is the next most common faith at 38.5%, followed by smaller groups of Hindus (1.1%), Buddhists (1.1%) and Muslims (0.7%).
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Hobart - South and West, No religion is the majority at 53%; Christianity is next at 39%.
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- No religion 52.5%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Anglican 13.0%
- Catholic 12.1%
- Other Christian 6.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.4%
- Uniting Church 2.0%
- Pentecostal 1.7%
- Baptist 0.7%
- Orthodox 0.5%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- 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 Hobart - South and West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/60104/hobart-south-and-west/topic/religion