36.9% ▲ +91.8%
Lower than 71% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 36.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Southern Highlands · Sub-region (SA3)
Religion in Southern Highlands
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Over half of the Southern Highlands population identifies as Christian, making it the most common faith in the region. While the area remains more religious than the national average, the number of people claiming no religion has grown significantly over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the main faith for 53% of residents. Meanwhile, 36.9% of people report no religion, a figure that rose 18 percentage points since 2011 and is well above the New South Wales average.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Southern Highlands, Christianity is the majority at 53%; No religion is next at 37%.
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- Catholic 20.4%
- Anglican 20.4%
- Other Christian 4.4%
- Uniting Church 2.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.3%
- Baptist 1.0%
- Orthodox 0.9%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
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- No religion 36.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 0.2%
- 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 Southern Highlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/11402/southern-highlands/topic/religion