18.9% ▲ +126.4%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Heckenberg · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Heckenberg
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Only 18.9% of people in Heckenberg report no religion, a figure far below the national average. This makes the area one of the least likely places in the region to be non-religious, with a diverse mix of faiths including Christianity and Islam.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 31.9%, followed by Islam at 23.6% and Buddhism at 13.3%. The proportion of people with no religion is far below the New South Wales figure of 33.2% and the Australian figure of 38.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Heckenberg, the largest group is Christianity at 32%, followed by Islam (24%) and No religion (19%).
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- Catholic 16.8%
- Anglican 5.4%
- Other Christian 5.0%
- Orthodox 1.9%
- Baptist 1.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.7%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
- Uniting Church 0.4%
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- No religion 18.9%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 2.2%
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 Heckenberg [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11894/heckenberg/topic/religion