48.3% ▲ +98.4%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 33.6%
- 2021: 48.3%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Ballarat · Urban Centre
Religion in Ballarat
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More people in Ballarat report having no religion than in most similar areas. Nearly half the population now identifies as non-religious, a figure that is well above the national average.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 48.3% of people have no religion, which is 9.4 percentage points higher than the Australian figure. This is a significant shift for the area, as the number of people with no religion rose 24 points since 2011. Christian residents make up 41.4% of the population.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Ballarat, the largest group is No religion at 48%, followed by Christianity (41%) and Not stated (6%).
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- No religion 47.8%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 21.0%
- Anglican 7.9%
- Uniting Church 4.6%
- Other Christian 4.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.9%
- Baptist 0.8%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
- Orthodox 0.5%
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- Sikhism 0.6%
- Other religious groups 0.4%
- 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 Ballarat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL203001/ballarat/topic/religion