42.3% ▲ +98.5%
Higher than 50% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2021: 42.3%
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.
More than four in ten people in Maryborough now report having no religion, reflecting a significant shift in the area's spiritual landscape. While Christianity remains the most common faith, the rise of those with no religious affiliation is the most striking change in the community's beliefs.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 47.4%, but the proportion of people with no religion has jumped 21 percentage points since 2011 to reach 42.3%. This figure is well above the Australian average of 38.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Maryborough, the largest group is Christianity at 47%, followed by No religion (42%) and Not stated (9%).
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- Anglican 14.4%
- Catholic 14.3%
- Other Christian 7.5%
- Uniting Church 5.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.7%
- Baptist 1.5%
- Pentecostal 1.4%
- Orthodox 0.1%
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- No religion 41.9%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 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 Maryborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL312003/maryborough/topic/religion