47.4% ▲ +38.3%
Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 34.3%
- 2016: 45.3%
- 2021: 47.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Maffra · Urban Centre
Religion in Maffra
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of the population in Maffra report having no religion, which is higher than most similar areas. This shift is part of a clear trend, with the number of non-religious residents climbing 13 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
People with no religion make up 47.4% of the community, a figure well above both the Victorian (39.3%) and national (38.9%) rates. Christianity remains common at 44.4%, while Buddhism, Islam and other faiths each account for less than 1% of residents.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Maffra splits fairly evenly between No religion (47%) and Christianity (44%), with Not stated at 7%.
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- No religion 47.1%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.1%
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- Catholic 18.5%
- Anglican 15.5%
- Uniting Church 5.3%
- Other Christian 2.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.7%
- Baptist 0.9%
- Orthodox 0.1%
- Pentecostal 0.1%
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- Sikhism 0.3%
- Other religious groups 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 Maffra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215051/maffra/topic/religion