South Forest · Suburb / Locality

Religion in South Forest

What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.

Forty-one per cent of people in South Forest report having no religion. This makes the area slightly more secular than the national average, though it is less so than the broader Tasmanian community.

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Religious affiliation

The mix of religions, and people with no religion.

Those with no religion make up 41% of the population, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 50%. Christianity is the other main affiliation at 37%, while there are no residents identifying with Islam, Hinduism, or Buddhism.

41.0%

Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 27.7%
  • 2021: 41.0%

Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).

Religious affiliation

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South Forest splits fairly evenly between No religion (43%) and Christianity (39%), with Not stated at 19%.

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 South Forest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60614/south-forest/topic/religion