46.6% ▲ +68.6%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 38.1%
- 2021: 46.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Highett · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Highett
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of all residents in Highett report having no religion, making it far less religious than the state and national averages. This shift is reflected in a community where those without a faith now outnumber any single religious group.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 46.6% of people here have no religion, which is well above the Victorian figure of 39.3%. Christianity is the next most common faith at 41.0%, followed by smaller groups of Jewish, Buddhist, and Hindu residents, each making up around 2% of the population.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Highett, the largest group is No religion at 47%, followed by Christianity (41%) and Not stated (5%).
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- No religion 46.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 21.5%
- Anglican 7.7%
- Orthodox 4.8%
- Other Christian 2.8%
- Uniting Church 1.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.1%
- Baptist 0.5%
- Pentecostal 0.5%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 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 Highett [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21185/highett/topic/religion