44.6% ▲ +95.4%
Higher than 65% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 44.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Central Highlands · Sub-region (SA3)
Religion in Central Highlands
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly 45% of people in Central Highlands (Tas.) report having no religion, making it the largest single group in the area. This reflects a significant shift in the community's beliefs over the last decade. While this figure is well above the national average, it remains well below the state figure for Tasmania.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Those with no religion now make up 44.6% of the population, a figure that rose 22 percentage points since 2011. This group is slightly larger than those identifying as Christians, who account for 44.5% of residents.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Central Highlands splits fairly evenly between No religion (45%) and Christianity (45%), with Not stated at 10%.
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- No religion 44.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Anglican 22.7%
- Catholic 14.9%
- Uniting Church 2.7%
- Other Christian 2.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.8%
- Baptist 0.3%
- Pentecostal 0.3%
- Orthodox 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.2%
- 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 Central Highlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/60301/central-highlands/topic/religion