44.4% ▲ +72.0%
Higher than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 35.7%
- 2021: 44.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Ballarat · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Ballarat
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A far higher proportion of people in Ballarat report having no religion compared to the state or national average. Nearly 44% of residents now identify as non-religious, marking a significant shift in the city's spiritual landscape over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The 44.4% of residents with no religion is well above the national figure of 38.9%, and this group has grown by 19 percentage points since 2011. This stands alongside Christianity, which remains the most common affiliation at 45.5%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Ballarat splits fairly evenly between Christianity (46%) and No religion (44%), with Not stated at 6%.
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- Catholic 24.3%
- Anglican 9.1%
- Uniting Church 6.0%
- Other Christian 2.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.7%
- Orthodox 0.7%
- Baptist 0.6%
- Pentecostal 0.4%
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- No religion 43.8%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Sikhism 0.5%
- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.0%
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 Ballarat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/201011002/ballarat/topic/religion