49.6% ▲ +66.5%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 41.1%
- 2021: 49.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Ballarat Central · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Ballarat Central
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Almost half of all residents in Ballarat Central report having no religion, a figure far above the national average. This lack of religious affiliation is a defining feature of the area's identity compared to the rest of the state.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Nearly half of the population (49.6%) describes themselves as having no religion, which is 11 percentage points higher than the Australian figure. Christianity is the next most common group at 38.9%, followed by smaller groups of Buddhists (1.2%), Hindus (1.1%) and other faiths (1.2%).
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Ballarat Central, the largest group is No religion at 50%, followed by Christianity (39%) and Not stated (7%).
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- No religion 48.8%
- Secular beliefs 0.5%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Catholic 21.3%
- Anglican 7.2%
- Uniting Church 4.3%
- Other Christian 2.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.5%
- Orthodox 0.9%
- Baptist 0.5%
- Pentecostal 0.3%
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- Sikhism 0.7%
- Other religious groups 0.5%
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 Ballarat Central [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20111/ballarat-central/topic/religion