The New Zealand Herald has mapped religious belief and the Deprivation Index in each New Zealand neighborhood in order to determine if there is any correlation between prosperity and a belief in God.
The God and Money map shows the percentage of residents who indicted that they had no religion in the 2013 census. If you mouse-over a census tract on the map you can view the percentage of people who said they had 'no religion' and the percentages who indicated a belief for each of the main religions. When you mouse-over a census tract you can also view the area's Deprivation Index score.
The Herald claims that there is a correlation between money and a belief in God. They argue that the maps shows that 'religious New Zealanders live mainly in poor suburbs, with rich Kiwis increasingly turning their backs on God and religion'.
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