42.3% ▲ +75.0%
Higher than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 42.3%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Benalla · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Benalla
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith in Benalla, where 45.4% of people identify with a Christian denomination. This is a key part of the local identity, although a growing number of residents now report having no religion at all.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 42.3% of people in Benalla have no religion, which is well above the national figure of 38.9%. This number has risen sharply since 2011, climbing 18 percentage points from 24.2%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Benalla splits fairly evenly between Christianity (45%) and No religion (42%), with Not stated at 10%.
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- Catholic 19.1%
- Anglican 11.6%
- Uniting Church 5.5%
- Other Christian 3.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 3.5%
- Baptist 1.0%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
- Orthodox 0.4%
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- No religion 41.9%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Sikhism 0.4%
- Other religious groups 0.2%
- 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 Benalla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/204021063/benalla/topic/religion