52.7% ▲ +92.0%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 37.8%
- 2021: 52.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Dover · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Dover
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than half of people in Dover report having no religion, which is a much higher proportion than in most other areas. This makes the lack of religious affiliation the most common response here, significantly exceeding the national figure.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Around 52.7% of residents identify as having no religion, a figure that is a little above the Tasmanian average and far above the Australian one. Christianity is the next most common faith at 36.5%, followed by small numbers of people practicing Hinduism and Buddhism.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Dover, No religion is the majority at 53%; Christianity is next at 37%.
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- No religion 52.7%
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- Anglican 17.0%
- Catholic 11.1%
- Other Christian 3.7%
- Uniting Church 2.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.1%
- Baptist 0.7%
- Orthodox 0.4%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
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 Dover [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60165/dover/topic/religion