51.5% ▲ +45.5%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.4%
- 2016: 40.7%
- 2021: 51.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Balmain East · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Balmain East
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than half of residents in Balmain East report having no religion. This is a striking figure that puts the area far above the national average for non-religious households.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
With 51.5% of people claiming no religion, the figure is far above the New South Wales average of 33.2%. Christianity is the next most common faith at 39.1%, followed by smaller groups of Buddhists (1.1%), Hindus (0.5%), and Jews (0.5%).
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Balmain East, No religion is the majority at 52%; Christianity is next at 39%.
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- No religion 50.9%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.5%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 21.4%
- Anglican 11.0%
- Other Christian 2.4%
- Orthodox 1.8%
- Uniting Church 1.4%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.2%
- Pentecostal 0.3%
- Baptist 0.2%
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- 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 Balmain East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10166/balmain-east/topic/religion