47.8% ▲ +123.6%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 47.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Highfields · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Highfields
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of Highfields residents report having no religion, making it the most common response in the area. This 47.8% figure is well above the national average, while Christianity remains a significant second group at 44.6%.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
At 47.8%, the share of people with no religion is far above the New South Wales figure of 33.2% and higher than most similar areas. Other faiths are less common, with just 1.1% of people identifying with religions other than Christianity.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Highfields splits fairly evenly between No religion (48%) and Christianity (45%), with Not stated at 5%.
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- No religion 47.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 19.1%
- Anglican 11.3%
- Uniting Church 4.8%
- Other Christian 3.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.9%
- Pentecostal 1.7%
- Baptist 1.7%
- Orthodox 1.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.9%
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 Highfields [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11909/highfields/topic/religion