45.4% ▲ +146.1%
Higher than 68% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 45.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Mermaid Beach · State Electorate
Religion in Mermaid Beach
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A much larger share of people in Mermaid Beach identify as having no religion compared to the rest of the country. Nearly half of the population falls into this category, which has seen a huge increase over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 45.4% of residents report no religion, a figure well above the 41.2% in Queensland and 38.9% across Australia. This represents a sharp rise from 18.5% in 2011, while 44.2% of the area still identifies with Christianity.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Mermaid Beach splits fairly evenly between No religion (45%) and Christianity (44%), with Not stated at 7%.
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- No religion 44.8%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 20.6%
- Anglican 11.0%
- Other Christian 4.4%
- Uniting Church 3.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.7%
- Orthodox 1.3%
- Pentecostal 1.2%
- Baptist 0.9%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 0.2%
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 Mermaid Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30053/mermaid-beach/topic/religion