46.0% ▲ +53.9%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 37.0%
- 2021: 46.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Higgins · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Higgins
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of the people in Higgins report having no religion. This makes the area's lack of religious affiliation stand out compared to the rest of Australia, where the typical figure is much lower.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
No religion is the most common response at 46.0%, which is well above the national figure of 38.9%. Christianity follows closely at 43.1%, while Hinduism, Islam and Buddhism each account for about 2% of residents.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Higgins splits fairly evenly between No religion (46%) and Christianity (43%), with Not stated at 4%.
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- No religion 45.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.5%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Catholic 19.9%
- Anglican 8.9%
- Other Christian 5.5%
- Uniting Church 2.7%
- Orthodox 2.2%
- Baptist 1.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.2%
- Pentecostal 1.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.2%
- 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 Higgins [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80073/higgins/topic/religion