36.6% ▲ +98.6%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 36.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Maitland · Urban Centre
Religion in Maitland
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A much lower share of people identify as having no religion in Maitland compared to the state average. While nearly half the population is Christian, the number of people claiming no faith has risen significantly over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
People with no religion make up 36.6% of the population, which is well below the South Australian figure of 45.8%. This group has grown by 18 percentage points since 2011, though it remains a little below the national average.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Maitland, the largest group is Christianity at 49%, followed by No religion (37%) and Not stated (14%).
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- Uniting Church 17.4%
- Other Christian 10.1%
- Catholic 9.1%
- Anglican 8.1%
- Pentecostal 2.3%
- Baptist 0.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.5%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- No religion 35.8%
- Secular beliefs 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 Maitland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL415023/maitland/topic/religion