44.7% ▲ +100.0%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 44.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Merrimac · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Merrimac
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly 45% of people in Merrimac identify as having no religion, making it the most common response for the area. This figure is well above both the Queensland and national averages, reflecting a community where a large portion of the population does not follow a formal faith.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
People with no religion make up 44.7% of the population, which is higher than most areas and well above the national figure of 38.9%. Christianity is the next most common affiliation at 43.2%, followed by smaller groups of Buddhists at 1.7%, Hindus at 0.9%, and Muslims at 0.8%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Merrimac splits fairly evenly between No religion (45%) and Christianity (43%), with Not stated at 8%.
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- No religion 44.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 19.2%
- Anglican 11.0%
- Other Christian 4.8%
- Uniting Church 2.0%
- Pentecostal 2.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.9%
- Orthodox 1.3%
- Baptist 1.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- 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 Merrimac [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31813/merrimac/topic/religion