51.5% ▲ +55.5%
Higher than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 39.4%
- 2021: 51.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Yorkeys Knob - Machans Beach · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Yorkeys Knob - Machans Beach
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Over half of the people in Yorkeys Knob - Machans Beach report having no religion. This represents a sharp increase in the number of non-religious residents compared to previous years, with the figure rising 18 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
At 51.5%, the share of people with no religion is far above the Queensland figure of 41.2% and the national figure of 38.9%. Those who do identify with a faith are mostly Christian at 35.1%, followed by Buddhists at 1.6%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Yorkeys Knob - Machans Beach, No religion is the majority at 52%; Christianity is next at 35%.
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- No religion 50.5%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.4%
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- Catholic 15.2%
- Anglican 9.8%
- Other Christian 3.7%
- Uniting Church 2.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.1%
- Pentecostal 0.9%
- Baptist 0.9%
- Orthodox 0.4%
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- Other religious groups 0.5%
- Sikhism 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 Yorkeys Knob - Machans Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/306011143/yorkeys-knob-machans-beach/topic/religion