46.5% ▲ +75.4%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 33.8%
- 2021: 46.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Riverside · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Riverside
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A much higher share of people identify as having no religion in Riverside than across Australia, with 46.5% of residents reporting no faith. This creates a notable contrast with the state of Tasmania, where the figure is even higher.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Nearly half the population, 46.5%, report no religion, which is well above the national figure but well below the 50% seen across Tasmania. Christianity is the next most common faith at 44%, followed by smaller groups of Hindus at 2.2% and Buddhists at 1.1%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Riverside splits fairly evenly between No religion (47%) and Christianity (44%), with Not stated at 4%.
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- No religion 46.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Anglican 12.3%
- Catholic 11.8%
- Other Christian 8.4%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 4.4%
- Uniting Church 3.0%
- Pentecostal 2.1%
- Baptist 1.8%
- Orthodox 0.5%
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- Sikhism 0.7%
- 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 Riverside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60557/riverside/topic/religion