51.6% ▲ +71.1%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 39.2%
- 2021: 51.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Ballarat East · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Ballarat East
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A sharp rise in people reporting no faith has shaped Ballarat East, where more than half the population now identifies as non-religious. This shift is much stronger here than in other similar areas, with 51.6% of residents claiming no religion.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Over half the population (51.6%) has no religion, a figure far above the 38.9% national average. Christianity is the next most common faith at 38.6%, while Hinduism and other religions each account for 1% of residents.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Ballarat East, No religion is the majority at 52%; Christianity is next at 39%.
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- No religion 51.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 19.3%
- Anglican 7.7%
- Uniting Church 4.4%
- Other Christian 3.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.0%
- Baptist 0.7%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
- Orthodox 0.4%
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- Other religious groups 0.5%
- Sikhism 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 Ballarat East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20112/ballarat-east/topic/religion