36.9% ▲ +88.8%
Lower than 67% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 36.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Mackay · Council (LGA)
Religion in Mackay
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far fewer people identify with no religion in Mackay compared to the state average. While 36.9% of residents report no faith, this is well below the 41.2% seen across Queensland. This shift is still happening, however, as the number of people with no religion has risen by 17 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About half of the population (50.7%) identify as Christians. This remains the most common affiliation, though it sits alongside a growing number of people with no religion, who now make up 36.9% of the community.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Mackay, Christianity is the majority at 51%; No religion is next at 37%.
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- Catholic 23.6%
- Anglican 11.6%
- Uniting Church 6.0%
- Other Christian 5.4%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.9%
- Pentecostal 1.1%
- Baptist 0.9%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- No religion 36.6%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.2%
- Sikhism 0.2%
- 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 Mackay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA34770/mackay/topic/religion