51.0% ▲ +30.4%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.1%
- 2016: 50.0%
- 2021: 51.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Highlands · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Highlands
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than half of the people in Highlands now report having no religion, a figure that has climbed since 2011. This shift makes the area far more likely to be non-religious than the typical Victorian or Australian community.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
A majority of residents, 51.0%, claim no religion, which is far above the Victorian figure of 39.3%. Christianity is the next most common affiliation at 30.5%, while there are no residents identifying with Islam, Hinduism, or Buddhism.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Highlands, No religion is the majority at 53%; Christianity is next at 32%.
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- No religion 52.7%
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- Catholic 13.7%
- Anglican 5.5%
- Other Christian 4.8%
- Baptist 4.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 3.4%
- Uniting Church 2.7%
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 Highlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21186/highlands/topic/religion