48.5% ▲ +76.0%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 36.6%
- 2021: 48.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Launceston · Urban Centre
Religion in Launceston
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of the people in Launceston now report having no religious affiliation. This shift is most obvious in the rapid rise of the non-religious group, which has grown by 21 percentage points since 2011 to reach 48.5%.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
While 48.5% of residents have no religion, this is well above the national figure of 38.9% and a little below the Tasmanian average of 50%. Other common affiliations include Christianity at 39%, Hinduism at 2.4%, Islam at 1.4%, and Buddhism at 1.3%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Launceston, the largest group is No religion at 48%, followed by Christianity (39%) and Not stated (6%).
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- No religion 48.0%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Anglican 13.8%
- Catholic 12.2%
- Other Christian 5.4%
- Uniting Church 2.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.0%
- Baptist 1.6%
- Pentecostal 1.0%
- Orthodox 0.4%
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- Other religious groups 0.6%
- Sikhism 0.5%
- 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 Launceston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL611001/launceston/topic/religion