44.9% ▲ +103.0%
Higher than 72% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 32.2%
- 2021: 44.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
McPherson · Federal Electorate
Religion in McPherson
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A growing number of people in McPherson now identify as having no religion, with 44.9% of the population falling into this group. This shift marks a significant change in the spiritual landscape of the area, where non-religious residents now nearly equal those who identify as Christians.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Almost 45% of people here have no religion, a figure well above both the Queensland and national averages. This is a sharp increase from 2011, when only 22.1% of the community felt this way.
Religious affiliation
View on map →McPherson splits fairly evenly between Christianity (45%) and No religion (45%), with Not stated at 7%.
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- Catholic 19.2%
- Anglican 11.9%
- Other Christian 5.3%
- Uniting Church 3.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.9%
- Pentecostal 1.6%
- Baptist 1.2%
- Orthodox 0.9%
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- No religion 44.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 0.1%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.0%
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 McPherson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED322/mcpherson/topic/religion