51.4% ▲ +68.3%
Higher than 99% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 38.6%
- 2021: 51.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Rural Balance · Section of State
Religion in Rural Balance
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Over half of the people in Rural Balance report having no religion, making it one of the most secular areas at this level. This shift is a major trend, as the number of people without a faith has climbed by 21 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The typical resident here does not identify with a religion, with 51.4% reporting no faith—far above the national figure of 38.9%. Christianity is the next largest group at 38.4%, while Buddhism, other religions, and Islam each account for less than 1%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Rural Balance, No religion is the majority at 51%; Christianity is next at 38%.
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- No religion 50.9%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Anglican 15.3%
- Catholic 11.4%
- Other Christian 5.4%
- Uniting Church 2.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.5%
- Baptist 1.1%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 0.0%
- 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 Rural Balance [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sos/SOS63/rural-balance/topic/religion