36.5% ▲ +64.7%
Lower than 72% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 36.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Mackay · State Electorate
Religion in Mackay
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A shift towards secularism has seen the number of people with no religion in Mackay rise by 14 percentage points since 2011. While more than half the population identifies with a faith, the area is now less religious than most other parts of the country.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 50.9% of people identify as Christian, while 36.5% report no religion, which is well below the Queensland figure of 41.2%. Other faiths include Hinduism and Buddhism at 0.8% each.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Mackay, Christianity is the majority at 51%; No religion is next at 37%.
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- Catholic 23.5%
- Anglican 11.3%
- Uniting Church 5.7%
- Other Christian 5.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.0%
- Pentecostal 1.4%
- Baptist 1.0%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- No religion 36.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- 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 Mackay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30047/mackay/topic/religion