40.7% ▲ +66.6%
Lower than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 32.9%
- 2021: 40.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Balwyn North · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Balwyn North
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A jump of 16 percentage points since 2011 shows that more people in Balwyn North now describe themselves as having no religion. This shift has made the area's religious landscape more evenly split, with 42.9% identifying as Christian and 40.7% reporting no religious affiliation.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 40.7% of residents have no religion, which is a little above the figures for Victoria and Australia. Other common affiliations include Buddhism at 5.7%, Hinduism at 3.4%, and Islam at 2.0%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Balwyn North splits fairly evenly between Christianity (43%) and No religion (41%), with Buddhism at 6%.
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- Catholic 19.1%
- Orthodox 8.6%
- Anglican 5.7%
- Other Christian 3.3%
- Uniting Church 2.3%
- Baptist 1.9%
- Pentecostal 1.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.9%
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- No religion 40.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.1%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Sikhism 0.4%
- Other religious groups 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 Balwyn North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/207011148/balwyn-north/topic/religion