39.6% ▲ +111.7%
Lower than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 39.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Ballina · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Ballina
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Changing beliefs are shaping daily life in Ballina, where nearly 40% of people now claim no religion. While half the population still identifies as Christian, those without a faith have seen a huge increase over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The number of people with no religion rose by 21 points since 2011 to reach 39.6%, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 33.2%. Christianity remains the most common affiliation at 49.7%, while Buddhism is the next most common at 1.0%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Ballina, the largest group is Christianity at 50%, followed by No religion (40%) and Not stated (8%).
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- Catholic 20.2%
- Anglican 17.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 3.6%
- Other Christian 3.5%
- Uniting Church 3.1%
- Baptist 0.8%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- No religion 39.1%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
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- Sikhism 0.4%
- Other religious groups 0.2%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.1%
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 Ballina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/112011236/ballina/topic/religion