26.4% —
Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 26.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Young · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Young
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Six out of ten people in Young identify as Christians, which is a much higher rate of religious affiliation than the national average. While more people are moving away from organised religion, the community remains more traditional than most other parts of the country.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Only 26.4% of residents claim no religion, a figure far below the Australian average of 38.9%. This is despite a rise in non-religious people since 2016, while Islam is the next most common faith at 4.4%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Young, Christianity is the majority at 60%; No religion is next at 26%.
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- Catholic 30.2%
- Anglican 18.7%
- Other Christian 3.9%
- Uniting Church 2.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.8%
- Baptist 0.8%
- Orthodox 0.3%
- Pentecostal 0.3%
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- No religion 26.1%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.1%
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- Sikhism 0.2%
- Other religious groups 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 Young [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/101061543/young/topic/religion