33.6% ▲ +88.2%
Lower than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 33.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Mareeba · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Mareeba
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Faith plays a more prominent role in daily life in Mareeba than in most other areas. While the number of people claiming no religion is growing, over half the community still identifies as Christian.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 51.6%. Those with no religion make up 33.6% of the population, which is well below the national figure of 38.9% and the Queensland figure of 41.2%, though this group rose 16 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Mareeba, Christianity is the majority at 52%; No religion is next at 34%.
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- Catholic 26.6%
- Anglican 9.8%
- Other Christian 6.5%
- Uniting Church 3.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.4%
- Pentecostal 1.5%
- Baptist 1.2%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- No religion 33.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.1%
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- Sikhism 0.5%
- Other religious groups 0.2%
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/sa2/306051170/mareeba/topic/religion