48.6% ▲ +65.8%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 48.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Maleny · Urban Centre
Religion in Maleny
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of all residents in Maleny report having no religion. This shift is a major local trend, as the number of people identifying as non-religious has jumped by 19 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Almost 48.6% of people here have no religion, which is well above the national figure of 38.9%. Other common affiliations include Christianity at 39.1% and Buddhism at 1.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Maleny, the largest group is No religion at 48%, followed by Christianity (39%) and Not stated (9%).
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- No religion 47.6%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.5%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
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- Anglican 13.0%
- Catholic 10.6%
- Other Christian 5.5%
- Uniting Church 5.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.1%
- Baptist 1.1%
- Pentecostal 0.8%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.8%
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 Maleny [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315057/maleny/topic/religion