37.8% ▲ +76.2%
Lower than 73% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 37.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Mackay · Urban Area
Religion in Mackay
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Half of the people in Mackay identify as Christians, making it a more religious area than much of the state. While a significant number of residents now report no religion, this group remains smaller than the state and national figures.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Half of Mackay's population identifies as Christian, while 37.8% say they have no religion. This last group is well below the Queensland figure, despite growing by 16 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Mackay, the largest group is Christianity at 50%, followed by No religion (38%) and Not stated (10%).
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- Catholic 23.4%
- Anglican 11.1%
- Other Christian 5.7%
- Uniting Church 5.4%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.8%
- Pentecostal 1.3%
- Baptist 1.0%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- No religion 37.5%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 0.2%
- 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/sua/3011/mackay/topic/religion