47.0% ▲ +37.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.1%
- 2016: 41.6%
- 2021: 47.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Macquarie · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Macquarie
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Almost half of the people in Macquarie report having no religion. This makes the area stand out as more secular than most other parts of the country, with 47.0% of residents identifying as non-religious.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The typical resident here is more likely to have no religion than people in the ACT or across Australia. Christianity is the next most common group at 33.8%, followed by smaller groups of Muslims, Hindus, and Buddhists, each at around 3.3% to 3.6%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Macquarie, the largest group is No religion at 47%, followed by Christianity (34%) and Not stated (8%).
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- No religion 46.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.5%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 16.2%
- Anglican 9.1%
- Other Christian 3.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.4%
- Uniting Church 1.2%
- Orthodox 1.2%
- Baptist 0.8%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
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- Sikhism 0.6%
- Other religious groups 0.5%
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 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80091/macquarie/topic/religion