25.8% —
Lower than 88% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Hilltops · Council (LGA)
Religion in Hilltops
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A sharp rise in people reporting no religion has changed the spiritual landscape of Hilltops since 2011. While the area remains strongly religious compared to the rest of the country, the number of people with no faith grew by nearly 10 percentage points in the last five years alone.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 61.6%. Those reporting no religion make up 25.8% of the population, which is far below the national figure of 38.9% and well below the NSW average.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Hilltops, Christianity is the majority at 62%; No religion is next at 26%.
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- Catholic 29.9%
- Anglican 20.8%
- Uniting Church 3.7%
- Other Christian 3.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.5%
- Baptist 0.7%
- Orthodox 0.4%
- Pentecostal 0.2%
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- No religion 25.5%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.1%
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- Sikhism 0.2%
- Other religious groups 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 Hilltops [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA13910/hilltops/topic/religion