38.2% ▲ +142.4%
Lower than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 38.2%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Mackay · Urban Centre
Religion in Mackay
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
About half of Mackay's residents identify as Christian, making it the most common faith in the area. While the number of people with no religion has jumped 22 percentage points since 2011, the city remains more religious than the Queensland average.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the main faith at 49.7%, followed by those with no religion at 38.2%. This last group is well below the Queensland figure of 41.2%, though it is about the same as the national average.
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 23.0%
- Anglican 11.2%
- Other Christian 5.6%
- Uniting Church 5.4%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.9%
- Pentecostal 1.3%
- Baptist 1.0%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- No religion 37.8%
- 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/ucl/UCL311003/mackay/topic/religion