56.8% ▲ +54.3%
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 36.8%
- 2016: 43.6%
- 2021: 56.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Heysen · State Electorate
Religion in Heysen
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than half of people in Heysen report having no religion, which is among the highest proportions for similar areas. This reflects a significant shift in the community, with the number of people reporting no faith rising by 20 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 56.8% of residents have no religion, a figure far above the 45.8% seen across South Australia and the 38.9% national average. Christianity is the next most common affiliation at 35.2%, followed by small numbers of Buddhists at 0.7%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Heysen, No religion is the majority at 57%; Christianity is next at 35%.
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- No religion 56.0%
- Secular beliefs 0.5%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 10.1%
- Anglican 8.8%
- Other Christian 7.1%
- Uniting Church 5.3%
- Baptist 2.0%
- Orthodox 0.7%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.5%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 0.0%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.0%
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 Heysen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40022/heysen/topic/religion