45.5% ▲ +195.3%
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 45.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Macleay Island · Urban Centre
Religion in Macleay Island
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of the people on Macleay Island report having no religion, which is well above the national figure. This shift is part of a major trend in the area, with the number of non-religious residents jumping 30 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 45.5% of residents have no religion, a figure well above both Queensland and Australia. Christianity is the next most common affiliation at 41.7%, followed by Buddhism at 1.3%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Macleay Island splits fairly evenly between No religion (46%) and Christianity (42%), with Not stated at 11%.
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- No religion 44.7%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.6%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
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- Anglican 15.6%
- Catholic 13.3%
- Other Christian 5.7%
- Uniting Church 2.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.5%
- Baptist 1.1%
- Orthodox 0.5%
- Pentecostal 0.3%
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- Other religious groups 0.6%
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 Macleay Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315055/macleay-island/topic/religion