44.8% ▲ +73.7%
Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 44.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Maryborough · Urban Centre
Religion in Maryborough
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A shift toward secularism has defined Maryborough, where the share of people reporting no religion jumped 19 percentage points since 2011. Nearly 45% of residents now claim no religious affiliation, which is well above the national figure. Christianity remains the most common faith at 46%.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 44.8% of people here have no religion, a figure well above both the state (39.3%) and national (38.9%) averages. Other faiths are less common, with those following Christianity at 46%, while Buddhism, Hinduism, and other religions each account for around 1% or less.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Maryborough splits fairly evenly between Christianity (46%) and No religion (45%), with Not stated at 7%.
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- Catholic 16.2%
- Anglican 15.8%
- Uniting Church 5.7%
- Other Christian 4.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.5%
- Baptist 0.6%
- Orthodox 0.5%
- Pentecostal 0.4%
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- No religion 44.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.5%
- 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 Maryborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL214016/maryborough/topic/religion