28.8% ▲ +112.2%
Lower than 84% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Balranald · Council (LGA)
Religion in Balranald
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A growing number of people in Balranald now claim no religion, with this group rising by 15 percentage points since 2011. Despite this shift, the area remains more religious than most other parts of the country, as over half the population identifies as Christian.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
More than half of the people here, or 53.7%, identify as Christian. Those with no religion make up 28.8% of the population, which is far below the national figure of 38.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Balranald, Christianity is the majority at 54%; No religion is next at 29%.
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- Catholic 30.2%
- Anglican 10.8%
- Other Christian 5.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 4.6%
- Uniting Church 2.8%
- Baptist 0.4%
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- No religion 28.8%
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- Sikhism 0.4%
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 Balranald [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA10300/balranald/topic/religion