50.0% ▲ +80.4%
Higher than 88% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 38.0%
- 2021: 50.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Ballina · State Electorate
Religion in Ballina
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Half of all residents in Ballina report having no religion, making it a far less religious area than most of the country. This shift is dramatic, with the number of people claiming no faith leaping 22 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
At 50%, the share of people with no religion is far above the national figure of 38.9%. Christianity is the next most common affiliation at 37.1%, while Buddhism is practiced by 1.5% of the population.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Ballina, the largest group is No religion at 50%, followed by Christianity (37%) and Not stated (10%).
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- No religion 49.1%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.6%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 15.6%
- Anglican 11.4%
- Other Christian 3.2%
- Uniting Church 2.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.3%
- Pentecostal 0.8%
- Baptist 0.7%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- Other religious groups 0.5%
- Sikhism 0.2%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.1%
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 Ballina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10003/ballina/topic/religion