48.3% ▲ +120.8%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 33.8%
- 2021: 48.3%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Forest · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Forest
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Almost half of the population in Forest identifies as having no religion. This is a much higher proportion than in most similar areas, with 48.3% of residents reporting no religious affiliation.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
While those with no religion make up 48.3% of the area, Christianity is also common at 44.4%. The number of people reporting no religion is well above the national figure, though it sits a little below the Tasmanian average.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Forest splits fairly evenly between No religion (49%) and Christianity (45%), with Not stated at 5%.
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- No religion 49.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.9%
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- Other Christian 14.3%
- Anglican 14.0%
- Catholic 9.9%
- Pentecostal 4.6%
- Uniting Church 2.0%
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 Forest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60208/forest/topic/religion