43.8% ▲ +152.8%
Higher than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 43.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Maitland · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Maitland
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A shift away from organised faith has seen the number of people with no religion in Maitland jump 26 points since 2011. Now, 43.8% of residents report no religious affiliation, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 33.2%.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity remains the most common faith at 47.9%, though it is followed closely by those with no religion. Other faiths are less common, with Hinduism at 0.9%, other religions at 0.8%, and Islam at 0.7%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Maitland splits fairly evenly between Christianity (48%) and No religion (44%), with Not stated at 5%.
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- Catholic 20.8%
- Anglican 16.7%
- Other Christian 3.9%
- Uniting Church 2.4%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.8%
- Baptist 1.3%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
- Orthodox 0.5%
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- No religion 43.5%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Sikhism 0.5%
- Other religious groups 0.3%
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/sa2/106021114/maitland/topic/religion