36.6% —
Lower than 68% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 36.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Mareeba · Council (LGA)
Religion in Mareeba
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Faith plays a significant role in the daily lives of people in Mareeba, where 43.6% of the population identify as Christian. While the number of people with no religion has risen by 10 points since 2016, this figure remains lower than the national and state averages.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 36.6% of residents report no religion, which is well below the Queensland figure of 41.2%. Other faiths include Buddhism at 0.9% and Islam at 0.8%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Mareeba, the largest group is Christianity at 44%, followed by No religion (37%) and Not stated (17%).
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- Catholic 21.0%
- Anglican 9.2%
- Other Christian 6.4%
- Uniting Church 2.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.1%
- Baptist 1.1%
- Pentecostal 1.0%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- No religion 36.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 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 Mareeba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA34880/mareeba/topic/religion