35.9% ▲ +143.8%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 35.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
West Ballina · Suburb / Locality
Religion in West Ballina
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Over half of residents in West Ballina identify as Christians, making it a more religious area than many other similar places. While 52.9% hold a Christian faith, about 36% of the community says they have no religion.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The typical resident here is more likely to have a faith than the average Australian, as 35.9% report no religion, which is a little below the national figure. Other groups are small, with Buddhism at 0.9% and Hinduism at 0.3%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In West Ballina, Christianity is the majority at 53%; No religion is next at 36%.
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- Anglican 20.8%
- Catholic 18.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 4.1%
- Uniting Church 3.9%
- Other Christian 3.6%
- Baptist 1.0%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- No religion 35.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
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 West Ballina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14257/west-ballina/topic/religion