29.4% ▲ +124.2%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 29.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Balranald · Suburb / Locality
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than half of people in Balranald identify with a faith, making it more religious than most of the country. This stands out in a national trend toward secularism, as the number of people with no religion here is well below the national figure.
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 53.5%, while 29.4% of residents report no religion. This last group is much smaller than in most other areas, sitting 9.5 percentage points below the Australian average.
29.4% ▲ +124.2%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
In Balranald, Christianity is the majority at 54%; No religion is next at 29%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Religion in Balranald [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10169/balranald/topic/religion