| Table 3. Religion by District, Southern Highlands: 2000 | |||||||
| Religion | Ialibu/ | Kagua/ | Mendi/ | Nipa/ | |||
| Total | Pangia | Imbonggu | Erave | Munihu | Kutubu | NS | |
| Total | 546,265 | 50,799 | 60,086 | 188,252 | 96,413 | 98,505 | 52,210 |
| None | 2,967 | 256 | 1,321 | 373 | 700 | 185 | 132 |
| Anglican | 222 | 21 | 83 | 31 | 63 | 3 | 21 |
| Evan. Brotherhood | 20,155 | 867 | 2,071 | 7,215 | 3,426 | 5,482 | 1,094 |
| South Seas | 956 | 1 | 1 | 102 | 7 | 844 | 1 |
| Church of Papua | 40,982 | 9 | 26 | 11,652 | 380 | 10,513 | 18,402 |
| Wesleyan Church | 10,168 | 2,411 | 5 | 7,735 | 9 | 3 | 5 |
| Church of Manus | 175 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 143 |
| Lutheran | 46,796 | 12,646 | 9,425 | 17,773 | 5,988 | 721 | 243 |
| Gutnius Lutheran | 790 | 430 | 68 | 255 | 16 | 13 | 8 |
| Roman Catholic | 114,341 | 11,098 | 16,900 | 42,392 | 21,046 | 13,003 | 9,902 |
| Salvation Army | 97 | 8 | 12 | 23 | 25 | 22 | 7 |
| Seventh Day Adventist | 37,743 | 2,200 | 5,022 | 12,764 | 8,032 | 1,692 | 8,033 |
| United Church | 85,332 | 292 | 3,080 | 21,982 | 32,430 | 16,707 | 10,841 |
| Kwato Church | 17 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Assembly of God | 6,676 | 1,996 | 757 | 1,417 | 1,657 | 32 | 817 |
| Revival Crusade | 1,324 | 25 | 122 | 409 | 595 | 172 | 1 |
| Life Center | 2,009 | 1,469 | 128 | 272 | 65 | 75 | 0 |
| Lighthouse church | 75 | 69 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Four Square Gospel | 392 | 3 | 36 | 74 | 241 | 38 | 0 |
| Rhema Fellowship | 163 | 88 | 24 | 35 | 9 | 6 | 1 |
| Wewak Fellowship | 35 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 3 |
| Other Pentacostal | 25,740 | 3,712 | 4,844 | 6,105 | 5,107 | 5,837 | 135 |
| Baptist | 15,526 | 2,398 | 38 | 9,000 | 818 | 3,237 | 35 |
| Boroko Baptist | 12 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sepik Baptist | 39 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| Sovereign Grace | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| Tokarra Christ. | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0 |
| Western Highland | 25 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 0 |
| Apostolic Church | 17,237 | 114 | 573 | 3,619 | 3,547 | 9,377 | 7 |
| Asia Pacific | 370 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 312 |
| Asutalian Church | 111 | 0 | 99 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Bamu River | 55 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 3 | 11 | 0 |
| Brethern Church | 22,530 | 73 | 11 | 22,158 | 71 | 9 | 208 |
| Many lands | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Union Mission | 20,618 | 7 | 1,199 | 3 | 278 | 19,131 | 0 |
| Nazarene | 2,959 | 1,618 | 362 | 613 | 282 | 32 | 52 |
| Faith mission | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| Hohola Mission | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| Independent | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| New Guinea Gospel | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 0 |
| New Life Mission | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| New Tribes | 32 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| Paliau (Makasol) | 16 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Plymouth Brethern | 674 | 0 | 0 | 674 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Presbyterian | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tiliba Mission | 14,621 | 1 | 2 | 5,384 | 2,919 | 6,315 | 0 |
| Village Mission | 691 | 118 | 6 | 79 | 332 | 156 | 0 |
| Other Christian | 39,187 | 7,284 | 11,834 | 12,111 | 4,941 | 2,825 | 192 |
| Bahai of PNG | 147 | 79 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 59 | 0 |
| Buddhism | 11 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Church of Christ | 281 | 50 | 61 | 74 | 95 | 1 | 0 |
| Islam | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jehovah Witness | 97 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 59 | 1 | 15 |
| Judaism | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hindu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other religion | 1,254 | 336 | 43 | 427 | 435 | 1 | 12 |
| NR | 12,390 | 1,085 | 1,883 | 3,301 | 2,680 | 1,855 | 1,586 |
| NA | 91 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 56 | 0 | 0 |
| Source: 2000 Papua New Guinea Census | |||||||