42.6% ▲ +85.4%
Higher than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 42.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Highton · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Highton
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Roughly 42.6% of people in Highton report no religion, placing the area around the middle compared to similar places. This reflects a significant shift in the local community, as the number of people with no religious affiliation has jumped 20 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 47.4%, while 42.6% of residents have no religion, a figure well above the national average of 38.9%. Other faiths include Hinduism (1.7%), Islam (1.5%), and Buddhism (1.2%).
Religious affiliation
View on map →Highton splits fairly evenly between Christianity (47%) and No religion (43%), with Not stated at 5%.
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- Catholic 23.2%
- Anglican 8.8%
- Other Christian 5.0%
- Uniting Church 4.9%
- Baptist 1.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.6%
- Orthodox 1.5%
- Pentecostal 0.5%
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- No religion 42.0%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Sikhism 0.5%
- Other religious groups 0.3%
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 Highton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/203021042/highton/topic/religion