54.8% ▲ +60.9%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.0%
- 2016: 46.1%
- 2021: 54.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Yarraville · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Yarraville
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than half of residents in Yarraville report having no religion, a figure that sits far above the state and national averages. This lack of religious affiliation is a defining feature of the area, with 54.8% of people identifying as non-religious.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The 54.8% who claim no religion is much higher than in most areas, sitting 16 points above the national figure. For those with a faith, Christianity is the most common at 34.7%, followed by Buddhism at 2.6%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Yarraville, No religion is the majority at 55%; Christianity is next at 35%.
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- No religion 54.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.5%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 18.5%
- Orthodox 7.1%
- Anglican 4.2%
- Other Christian 2.5%
- Uniting Church 1.2%
- Baptist 0.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.5%
- Pentecostal 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- 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 Yarraville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22917/yarraville/topic/religion