41.4% ▲ +93.7%
Higher than 50% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 41.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Maryborough · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Maryborough
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith in Maryborough, where 45.3% of people identify with the religion. While many still hold a faith, there has been a huge shift towards people reporting no religion, which has doubled since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 41.4% of residents now have no religion, a figure that is a little above the national average and rose 20 points since 2011. Other faiths are less common here, with Buddhism and other religions each making up 0.6% of the population.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Maryborough splits fairly evenly between Christianity (45%) and No religion (41%), with Not stated at 12%.
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- Catholic 13.8%
- Anglican 13.3%
- Other Christian 7.7%
- Uniting Church 5.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.5%
- Baptist 1.5%
- Pentecostal 1.2%
- Orthodox 0.1%
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- No religion 40.9%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.5%
- Sikhism 0.1%
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 Maryborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/319051524/maryborough/topic/religion