48.2% ▲ +39.7%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 34.5%
- 2016: 46.4%
- 2021: 48.2%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Ballan · Urban Centre
Religion in Ballan
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of people in Ballan report having no religion, making it the most common response for the area. This shift is part of a growing trend, as the number of residents without a faith has risen by 14 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
At 48.2%, the proportion of people with no religion is well above the figures for Victoria and Australia. This is the largest group in the area, followed by Christians at 44.8%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Ballan splits fairly evenly between No religion (48%) and Christianity (45%), with Not stated at 5%.
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- No religion 47.7%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 24.0%
- Anglican 11.2%
- Other Christian 3.2%
- Uniting Church 3.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.6%
- Orthodox 1.1%
- Pentecostal 0.5%
- Baptist 0.3%
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- Other religious groups 0.5%
- Sikhism 0.2%
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 Ballan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215006/ballan/topic/religion