More Muslim than Catholic pupils in Austria

In Vienna, Muslim students have already been the majority for several years – now this is also the case in Linz. This year, for the first time, more Muslims than Catholics were recorded at the compulsory schools in the Upper Austrian capital.

In Vienna, more Muslim than Roman Catholic pupils were already registered in 2017 – now this is also the case in Linz. 12,952 pupils attend the general compulsory schools in the Upper Austrian capital, 35.75 percent of these children – i.e. 4631 pupils – belong to the Islamic faith community, reports the “Kurier”. The number of pupils with Roman Catholic faith, on the other hand, amounts to 33.13 percent (4291 pupils).

Only 2.4 per cent of the pupils belong to the Protestant denomination.
As the result of the Upper Austria Education Directorate also shows, pupils without a confession also show a significant increase. While five years ago the number was still 1158, it has now already risen to 1821 pupils – this results in an increase of 57.2 per cent.

Pupils of Protestant (315) and Orthodox (790) faiths as well as those of other religious communities (1114) are definitely a minority.

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