40.9% ▲ +79.8%
Lower than 52% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 40.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Yass Valley · Council (LGA)
Religion in Yass Valley
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Over 40% of people in Yass Valley now report having no religion, a figure that has jumped significantly in recent years. This shift makes the area more secular than both the state and national averages.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
While 50.8% of residents identify as Christians, those with no religion make up 40.9% of the population. This group rose 18 percentage points since 2011, leaving Yass Valley well above the New South Wales figure of 33.2%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Yass Valley, Christianity is the majority at 51%; No religion is next at 41%.
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- Catholic 23.7%
- Anglican 16.4%
- Other Christian 3.5%
- Uniting Church 3.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.6%
- Baptist 1.1%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
- Orthodox 0.6%
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- No religion 40.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 0.1%
- 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 Yass Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA18710/yass-valley/topic/religion