36.4% ▲ +74.8%
Lower than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 36.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Mackay · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Mackay
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Fewer people claim no religion in Mackay than in most similar areas. While the number of people without a faith has risen since 2011, the city remains more religious than the state and national averages.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 38.1%, followed by those with no religion at 36.4%. That latter figure is well below the Queensland average of 41.2%, even though it rose by 16 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Mackay splits fairly evenly between Christianity (38%) and No religion (36%), with Not stated at 19%.
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- Catholic 19.5%
- Anglican 7.5%
- Other Christian 5.0%
- Uniting Church 2.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.7%
- Pentecostal 0.9%
- Baptist 0.6%
- Orthodox 0.4%
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- No religion 35.9%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Sikhism 0.7%
- Other religious groups 0.6%
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/sa2/312021346/mackay/topic/religion