41.4% ▲ +85.8%
Lower than 53% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 41.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Maryborough · State Electorate
Religion in Maryborough
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A little more than 41% of people in Maryborough now report having no religion, which is slightly above the national figure. This reflects a significant shift in the community, as the number of people identifying as non-religious has jumped by 19 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity remains the most common faith at 47.7%, while those with no religion make up 41.4% of the population. Other faiths are less common, with Buddhism at 0.5%, other religions at 0.4%, and Hinduism at 0.2%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Maryborough, the largest group is Christianity at 48%, followed by No religion (41%) and Not stated (10%).
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- Anglican 15.0%
- Catholic 14.7%
- Other Christian 7.0%
- Uniting Church 5.4%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.6%
- Baptist 1.5%
- Pentecostal 1.2%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- No religion 40.9%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 0.1%
- 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 Maryborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30051/maryborough/topic/religion