retains a large Christian population that represents 64.8% of religious people in the area. Despite a high Christian population, the area no longer represents the most religious region of Sydney. In the 2016 Census the Hills Shire was reported to be the tenth most religious local government area in metropolitan Sydney with 21.2% people reporting no religion. In the 2016 Census, the most religious area of metropolitan Sydney was instead Liverpool in South Western Sydney, with only 11.3% of people reporting to have no religion. The strong evangelical Christian tinge of the Hills District has made the region strongly conservative, a trend that runs right through local, state and Federal politics. The federal Division of Mitchell, which covers most of the area, is one of the safest seats in metropolitan Australia for the conservative Liberal Party of Australia, and all of the Hills District seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly are held by the NSW Liberals. Public transport An extensive number of bus routes operate in the district, operated by Busways and Hillsbus. The region is served by the North-West T-way, connecting the Hills District with Blacktown, Parramatta and Rouse Hill. The now closed Carlingford railway line, operated by Sydney Trains, was the only railway line. Infrequent services operated on the line from Carlingford to Clyde, where an interchange was required to continue to the city. However, the railway line is now being converted into light rail as part of the Parramatta Light Rail project. Another railway line, the Metro North West Line, opened in May 2019, has a frequency of every 4 minutes in the peak hour to Chatswood railway station, where passengers can change to other trains towards the city. Suburbs Annangrove Arcadia Baulkham Hills Bella Vista Beaumont Hills Berrilee Box Hill Carlingford Castle Hill Cattai Cherrybrook Dural Fiddletown Gables Galston Glenhaven Glenorie Kellyville Kenthurst Leets Vale Lower Portland Maraylya Maroota Middle Dural Nelson North Kellyville Norwest North Rocks Oatlands Oakville Rouse Hill Sackville North South Maroota West Pennant Hills Winston Hills Wisemans Ferry Media The Hills district is served by a number of local printed newspapers: including: The Hills to Hawkesbury Community News, The Hills Independent, The Galston Glenorie & Hills Rural News and the Dooral Roundup. News Local newspapers have ceased printing and can only be accessed online. The only title left is the Hills Shire Times. The local community radio station for the