Religion Austria

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in 2001, 74% of austria s population registered roman catholic, while 5% considered protestants. austrian christians, both catholic , protestant, obliged pay mandatory membership fee (calculated income—about 1%) church; payment called kirchenbeitrag ( ecclesiastical/church contribution ). since second half of 20th century, number of adherents , churchgoers has declined. data end of 2016 austrian roman catholic church lists 5,162,622 members, or 58.8% of total austrian population. sunday church attendance 605,828 or 7% of total austrian population in 2015. lutheran church recorded loss of 74,421 adherents between 2001 , 2016.


about 12% of population declared have no religion. in 2001; share had grown 20% 2015. of remaining people, around 340,000 registered members of various muslim communities in 2001, due influx turkey, bosnia-herzegovina , kosovo. number of muslims has doubled in 15 years 700,000 in 2016. 180,000 members of orthodox churches (mostly serbs), 21,000 people active jehovah s witnesses , 8,100 jewish.



the basilica of mariazell austria s popular pilgrimage site


according recent eurobarometer poll 2010,



44% of austrian citizens responded believe there god .
38% answered believe there sort of spirit or life force .
12% answered not believe there sort of spirit, god, or life force .




^ kirchenaustritte gingen 2012 um elf prozent zurück [leaving church increased eleven percent in 2012]. derstandard.at (in german). 8 january 2013. archived original on 20 october 2013. 
^ wz-recherche 2016. published in article: staat und religion . wiener zeitung, january 2016.
^ census 2001: population 2001 according religious affiliation , nationality (pdf) (in german). statistik austria. retrieved 17 december 2007. 
^ tax mandatory lutherans , reformed.
^ katholische kirche Österreichs, statistik . retrieved 12 february 2017. 
^ church data retrieved 14 january 2015
^ zahl der muslime in Österreich seit 2001 verdoppelt diepresse.com, 04/08/2017.
^ 2015 yearbook of jehovah s witnesses. watch tower society. p. 178. 
^ special eurobarometer, biotechnology, page 204 (pdf) (fieldwork: jan–feb 2010 ed.). 






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