38.5% ▲ +41.0%
Lower than 65% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 38.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Maitland · State Electorate
Religion in Maitland
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More people identify as religious in Maitland than in most similar areas. While a majority still hold a faith, the number of residents claiming no religion has climbed steadily over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Over half of the population identify as Christian at 53.6%. Those reporting no religion make up 38.5% of residents, a figure that rose 11 percentage points since 2011 and is now well above the New South Wales figure.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Maitland, Christianity is the majority at 54%; No religion is next at 38%.
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- Catholic 22.9%
- Anglican 18.3%
- Other Christian 4.2%
- Uniting Church 3.4%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.2%
- Baptist 1.5%
- Pentecostal 0.8%
- Orthodox 0.4%
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- No religion 38.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Sikhism 0.3%
- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.0%
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 Maitland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10049/maitland/topic/religion