50.2% ▲ +74.5%
Higher than 90% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 37.1%
- 2021: 50.2%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Not in any Significant Urban Area · Urban Area
Religion in Not in any Significant Urban Area
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A shift toward secularism has defined the rural areas of Tasmania, where the proportion of people with no religion rose by 21 points since 2011. Now, more than half of the population in Not in any Significant Urban Area (Tas.) reports no religious affiliation.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 50.2% of residents have no religion, a figure that is far above the national average of 38.9%. This is among the highest rates for similar areas and is about the same as the Tasmanian state figure.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Not in any Significant Urban Area, No religion is the majority at 50%; Christianity is next at 39%.
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- No religion 49.7%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Anglican 16.3%
- Catholic 11.5%
- Other Christian 4.9%
- Uniting Church 3.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.5%
- Baptist 1.1%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- 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 Not in any Significant Urban Area [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/6000/not-in-any-significant-urban-area/topic/religion