40.9% ▲ +124.6%
Lower than 59% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 40.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Mount Isa · Urban Area
Religion in Mount Isa
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A small gap exists between Mount Isa and the national average, as the city's share of people with no religion is a little above the Australian figure. While 40.9% of residents now report no faith, this reflects a massive shift in the community over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 45.7%, though the number of people with no religion rose 23 points since 2011 to reach 40.9%. This figure is about the same as the Queensland average and lower than most other areas.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Mount Isa splits fairly evenly between Christianity (46%) and No religion (41%), with Not stated at 11%.
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- Catholic 23.1%
- Anglican 7.4%
- Other Christian 6.0%
- Uniting Church 2.9%
- Baptist 2.4%
- Pentecostal 2.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.4%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- No religion 40.6%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 0.2%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.1%
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 Mount Isa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/3013/mount-isa/topic/religion