42.3% ▲ +15.6%
Lower than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 36.6%
- 2016: 45.0%
- 2021: 42.3%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Benalla · Urban Centre
Religion in Benalla
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith in Benalla, where 45% of residents identify with a Christian denomination. While the area remains predominantly religious, the number of people reporting no religion has risen steadily over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 42.3% of people in Benalla have no religion, a figure that is well above the national average and has risen 5.7 percentage points since 2011. Other smaller groups include Hindus at 0.8%, people of other religions at 0.6%, and Muslims at 0.5%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Benalla splits fairly evenly between Christianity (45%) and No religion (42%), with Not stated at 10%.
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- Catholic 19.0%
- Anglican 11.3%
- Uniting Church 5.4%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 3.6%
- Other Christian 3.3%
- Baptist 1.0%
- Pentecostal 0.8%
- Orthodox 0.5%
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- No religion 41.9%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Sikhism 0.4%
- Other religious groups 0.3%
- 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 Benalla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL214003/benalla/topic/religion