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Thursday 3 January 2013

Australian atheism heatmap


"Calling Atheism a religion is like calling bald a hair color." --Don Hirschberg
My previous post, Religion in Australia mapped, treated the 'no religion' census response the same as religion-specific responses (such as Catholic, Islam etc.). This heatmap intends on redressing the balance somewhat by focusing solely on the amount of non-religious people around Australia.

You can peruse the map directly below, or click this link to open a new browser/tab. The colour scheme is quite simple: the darker the shade of green, the more heathens are located in the area.



*Please note: for convenience, I use the word atheist interchangeably with 'non-religious'. However the census response covers alternative views, such as agnosticism.