42.9% ▲ +106.3%
Higher than 54% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 42.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Ballina · Urban Area
Religion in Ballina
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Ballina sits around the middle of similar areas for its religious makeup, though it is notably less religious than the state average. Nearly 43% of residents now claim no religion, a figure that has jumped significantly over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 43% of people in Ballina report no religion, which is well above the national figure and has risen by 22 points since 2011. Other common affiliations include Christianity at 47.6%, while Buddhism is the most common non-Christian faith at 1.1%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Ballina splits fairly evenly between Christianity (48%) and No religion (43%), with Not stated at 7%.
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- Catholic 19.7%
- Anglican 15.0%
- Other Christian 4.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 3.2%
- Uniting Church 3.2%
- Baptist 1.1%
- Pentecostal 1.0%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- No religion 42.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- 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/sua/1003/ballina/topic/religion