38.5% ▲ +144.1%
Lower than 62% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 38.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Maitland · Council (LGA)
Religion in Maitland
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A significant shift toward secularism has hit Maitland, where the number of people reporting no religion jumped 23 percentage points since 2011. While over half the population still identifies as Christian, the rise of those with no faith is one of the most striking changes in the area's social makeup.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 38.5% of residents now claim no religion, a figure well above the New South Wales average of 33.2% and roughly equal to the national figure. Christianity remains the most common faith at 53.6%, followed by small groups of Hindus, Muslims and other faiths.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Maitland, Christianity is the majority at 54%; No religion is next at 38%.
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- Catholic 22.9%
- Anglican 18.3%
- Other Christian 4.2%
- Uniting Church 3.4%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.2%
- Baptist 1.5%
- Pentecostal 0.8%
- Orthodox 0.4%
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- No religion 38.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Sikhism 0.3%
- Other religious groups 0.3%
- 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 Maitland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA15050/maitland/topic/religion