43.3% ▲ +137.1%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 43.3%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Macquarie Hills · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Macquarie Hills
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far more people in Macquarie Hills now claim no religion compared to the state average. This shift is a key part of the local landscape, where 43.3% of residents do not identify with any faith.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About half of the population is Christian, while those with no religion make up 43.3%, which is well above the national figure of 38.9%. Other faiths are less common, with Buddhism at 1.0% and Islam at 0.4%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Macquarie Hills, Christianity is the majority at 51%; No religion is next at 43%.
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- Catholic 20.5%
- Anglican 13.7%
- Other Christian 5.1%
- Uniting Church 4.1%
- Pentecostal 2.9%
- Baptist 1.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.3%
- Orthodox 1.2%
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- No religion 42.8%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.2%
- Aboriginal traditional 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 Macquarie Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12443/macquarie-hills/topic/religion