37.6% ▲ +119.4%
Lower than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 37.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Heathcote - Waterfall · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Heathcote - Waterfall
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A gap of 4.4 percentage points separates Heathcote - Waterfall from the state average regarding those with no religious affiliation. Most people here identify with a faith, though the number of residents reporting no religion has jumped 20 points since 2011. This shift reflects a broader change in the local community's spiritual landscape.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Over half of the population (55.0%) identify as Christians, while 37.6% report no religion. This figure is well above the New South Wales average of 33.2%, though it sits a little below the national figure of 38.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Heathcote - Waterfall, Christianity is the majority at 55%; No religion is next at 38%.
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- Catholic 23.4%
- Anglican 18.7%
- Other Christian 3.9%
- Uniting Church 3.0%
- Baptist 2.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.9%
- Orthodox 1.1%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
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- No religion 37.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.2%
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 Heathcote - Waterfall [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/128021533/heathcote-waterfall/topic/religion