45.8% ▲ +96.2%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 35.6%
- 2021: 45.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Meridan Plains · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Meridan Plains
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly 46% of people in Meridan Plains report having no religion, which is well above the national figure. This makes it one of the most secular areas in the region, with the non-religious group now the largest single faith category in the community.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 45.8% of residents identify as having no religion, a figure well above both the Queensland and Australian averages. Christianity is the next most common affiliation at 44%, while Hinduism, Buddhism and other faiths each make up a small fraction of the population.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Meridan Plains splits fairly evenly between No religion (46%) and Christianity (44%), with Not stated at 8%.
-
- No religion 45.5%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
-
- Catholic 17.4%
- Anglican 11.3%
- Other Christian 6.8%
- Uniting Church 3.0%
- Baptist 1.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.7%
- Pentecostal 1.6%
- Orthodox 0.6%
-
- Sikhism 0.3%
- Other religious groups 0.3%
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Meridan Plains
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Religion in Meridan Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31807/meridan-plains/topic/religion