28.9% —
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Young · Urban Centre
Religion in Young
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than half of the people in Young identify with a faith, making it a more religious area than most of the country. With 58.8% of residents claiming a Christian faith, spiritual life remains a visible part of the local landscape.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 28.9% of people here have no religion, which is far below the Australian figure of 38.9%. Other faiths are less common, with Islam at 3.3%, Hinduism at 0.5%, and other religions at 0.6%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Young, Christianity is the majority at 59%; No religion is next at 29%.
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- Catholic 29.1%
- Anglican 18.8%
- Other Christian 4.2%
- Uniting Church 2.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.5%
- Baptist 0.9%
- Pentecostal 0.3%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- No religion 28.6%
- Secular beliefs 0.1%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Sikhism 0.3%
- Other religious groups 0.1%
- 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 Young [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL114038/young/topic/religion