Religion loses its appeal to Gen Y with more ticking not interested

YOUNG Queenslanders are turning their backs on religion as they leave the nest with census figures revealing people who tick “no religion” have overtaken those who do for the first time.

The Sunshine State follows a national trend which has seen the number of people who don’t identify to a religion rise from 0.8 per cent in 1966 to 30.1 per cent in last year’s survey. The figure has risen by nearly 6 per cent alone in Queensland census.

Experts attribute the rapid decline in religion to a willingness among young people in since the 2011 particular to tick the “no religion” box on the census.

“Gen Y is pretty much completely moved out of their parents house, that means for many of them it was probably the first census they have filled out themselves,” The Demographics Group Demographer Simon Kuestenmacher said.