45.0% ▲ +47.6%
Higher than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 37.7%
- 2021: 45.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Yea · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Yea
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A jump of 14 percentage points in those with no religion since 2011 marks a significant shift in Yea. Nearly half of the population now reports no religious affiliation, which is well above the national figure.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 45% of people in Yea have no religion, a figure well above the Victorian average of 39.3%. The remaining residents are mostly Christian at 40%, with very small numbers following Buddhism (0.6%), other religions (0.4%), or Islam (0.2%).
Religious affiliation
View on map →Yea splits fairly evenly between No religion (45%) and Christianity (40%), with Not stated at 14%.
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- No religion 44.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.5%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 15.8%
- Anglican 12.1%
- Other Christian 3.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 3.2%
- Uniting Church 2.7%
- Baptist 1.5%
- Orthodox 0.6%
- Pentecostal 0.5%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.1%
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 Yea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/204011062/yea/topic/religion