53.2% ▲ +56.1%
Higher than 94% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 34.1%
- 2016: 44.6%
- 2021: 53.2%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Balmain · State Electorate
Religion in Balmain
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than half of Balmain residents now report having no religion, making it one of the least religious areas in the region. This shift is part of a long-term trend where the number of people claiming no faith has risen by 19 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
A typical resident here is likely to have no religion, with 53.2% of people identifying this way—a figure far above both the state and national averages. Christianity is the next most common faith at 34%, followed by Buddhism at 2.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Balmain, No religion is the majority at 53%; Christianity is next at 34%.
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- No religion 52.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.7%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 19.4%
- Anglican 7.3%
- Orthodox 2.4%
- Other Christian 2.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.1%
- Uniting Church 1.1%
- Baptist 0.4%
- Pentecostal 0.3%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 0.1%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.0%
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 Balmain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10004/balmain/topic/religion