19.0% ▲ +9.0%
Lower than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Yirrkala · Urban Centre
Religion in Yirrkala
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A far lower share of people report having no religion in Yirrkala compared to the rest of the country. Only 19% of the community identify as non-religious, which is about half the national figure.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Most people here follow other religions (39.9%) or Christianity (29.2%). While the proportion of people with no religion has risen slightly since 2011 to 19.0%, this remains far below the Northern Territory figure of 38.5%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Yirrkala, the largest group is Other religions at 40%, followed by Christianity (29%) and No religion (19%).
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- Aboriginal traditional 39.9%
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- Other Christian 13.0%
- Uniting Church 12.3%
- Anglican 1.2%
- Catholic 0.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.5%
- Baptist 0.5%
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- No religion 18.0%
- Other spiritual beliefs 1.4%
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 Yirrkala [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL721016/yirrkala/topic/religion