39.6% ▲ +80.8%
Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 39.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Ballina · Urban Centre
Religion in Ballina
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than 18 percentage points more people in Ballina now claim no religion than in 2011. This shift has seen the 'no religion' group climb to 39.6%, making it a major part of the local landscape alongside those who identify as Christians.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About half of residents are Christian, while 39.6% report no religion—a figure well above the New South Wales average. Other faiths are less common here, with Buddhism at 1.0% and Hinduism at 0.5%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Ballina, the largest group is Christianity at 50%, followed by No religion (40%) and Not stated (8%).
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- Catholic 20.2%
- Anglican 17.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 3.7%
- Other Christian 3.6%
- Uniting Church 3.1%
- Baptist 0.8%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- No religion 39.1%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
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- Sikhism 0.4%
- Other religious groups 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/ucl/UCL113001/ballina/topic/religion