51.0% ▲ +47.9%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.5%
- 2016: 43.0%
- 2021: 51.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Balaclava · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Balaclava
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More people here claim no religion than in most similar areas, with 51.0% of Balaclava residents identifying as non-religious. This figure is far above the national average, marking a significant shift in the spiritual makeup of the neighborhood.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Over half the population reports no religion, which is 12 percentage points higher than the Victorian and Australian figures. Other common affiliations include Christianity at 22.7% and Judaism at 11.6%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Balaclava, No religion is the majority at 51%; Christianity is next at 23%.
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- No religion 49.9%
- Secular beliefs 0.6%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 13.0%
- Anglican 3.4%
- Orthodox 2.7%
- Other Christian 1.5%
- Uniting Church 0.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.5%
- Baptist 0.5%
- Pentecostal 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 0.2%
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 Balaclava [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20105/balaclava/topic/religion