45.5% ▲ +55.0%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 38.0%
- 2021: 45.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Macleay Island · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Macleay Island
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of all people on Macleay Island report having no religion, making it a place where secular views are more common than in most of Australia. With 45.5% of residents identifying this way, a lack of religious affiliation is the most frequent response given by the local population.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
No religion is the most common response at 45.5%, which is well above the national figure of 38.9%. Christianity is the next most common at 41.7%, while Buddhism accounts for 1.3% of the population.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Macleay Island splits fairly evenly between No religion (46%) and Christianity (42%), with Not stated at 11%.
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- No religion 44.7%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.6%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
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- Anglican 15.6%
- Catholic 13.3%
- Other Christian 5.7%
- Uniting Church 2.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.5%
- Baptist 1.1%
- Orthodox 0.5%
- Pentecostal 0.3%
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- 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 Macleay Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31731/macleay-island/topic/religion