51.8% ▲ +110.9%
Higher than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 44.3%
- 2021: 51.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Mapoon · Urban Centre
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than half of the people in Mapoon now report having no religion, a figure that has jumped 27 percentage points since 2011. This shift makes Mapoon's lack of religious affiliation far more common than in the rest of Queensland or Australia.
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 51.8% of residents have no religion, which is far above the national figure of 38.9%. Christianity is the next most common affiliation at 27.1%, while other religions account for only 1.2%.
51.8% ▲ +110.9%
Higher than 82% of urban centre areas.
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
In Mapoon, No religion is the majority at 52%; Christianity is next at 27%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Religion in Mapoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322076/mapoon/topic/religion