Queensland Religious Places

Statistics and charts

Chart 1 - No of buildings constructed by decade

Chart 2 - No of timber buildings constructed by decade

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Chart 3 - Timber Buildings vs other material

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Table 1 - Buildings constructed by denomination/religion 1840s - 2020

Denomination/religion No
Anglican 909
Roman Catholic 984
Methodist 808
Presbyterian 458
Congregational 98
Uniting 112
Australian Christian Churches (AOG) 151
Baptist 382
Lutheran 293
Seventh Day Adventist 120
Church of Christ 128
Salvation Army 181
Brethren 83
Independent 110
Christadelphian 21
Jehovah Witnesses 103
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints 44
Union 49
Orthodox 43
Apostolic Church of Queensland 43
Other 660
Total 5554


Table 2 - Buildings constructed by denomination/religion 1950-1970

Denomination/religion No
Anglican 193
Roman Catholic 243
Methodist 166
Presbyterian 108
Congregational 8
 
Australian Christian Churches (AOG) 34
Baptist 107
Lutheran 86
Seventh Day Adventist 33
Church of Christ 37
Salvation Army 30
Brethren 31
Independent 4
Christadelphian 9
Jehovah Witnesses 9
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints 12
Union 3
Orthodox 9
Apostolic Church of Queensland 10
Other 96
Total 1183


Table 3 - Buildings constructed by denomination/religion 1980-2020

Denomination/religion No
Anglican 69
Roman Catholic 102
Uniting 104
Presbyterian 26
Australian Christian Churches (AOG) 92
Baptist 98
Lutheran 29
Seventh Day Adventist 42
Church of Christ 36
Salvation Army 46
Brethren 13
Independent 82
Christadelphian 5
Jehovah Witnesses 85
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints 26
Union 5
Orthodox 21
Apostolic Church of Queensland 10
INC 29
Buddhist 13
Hindu 12
Islam 23
Apostolic_New 8
A2A 9
Wesleyan Methodist 21
Independent Pentacostal 17
Independent Baptist 16
 
Other 150
Total 1153


Buildings constructed by denomination/religion - details by decade



Table 4 Buildings open by denomination/religion

Denomination/religion No
Anglican 343
Roman Catholic 422
Methodist/Uniting 97
Presbyterian/Uniting 31
Congregational/Uniting 4
Presbyterian 90
Uniting 97
Australian Christian Churches (AOG) 97
Baptist 140
Lutheran 109
Seventh Day Adventist 82
Church of Christ 63
Salvation Army 44
Brethren 47
Independent 73
Christadelphian 11
Jehovah Witnesses 92
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints 38
Union 8
Orthodox 29
Apostolic Church of Queensland 22
Other 353
Total 2192


Table 5 - Buildings closed or demolished since 1980 by denomination/religion

Denomination/religion No
Anglican 230
Roman Catholic 183
Uniting 130
Australian Christian Churches (AOG) 25
Baptist 105
Lutheran 63
Seventh Day Adventist 16
Church of Christ 29
Salvation Army 45
Brethren 23
Independent 8
Christadelphian 4
Jehovah Witnesses 8
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints 4
Union 15
Orthodox 3
Apostolic Church of Queensland 4
Apostolic New 2
Independent Pentacostal 4
Other 391
Total 1276

Table 6 - Date of construction by decade

Decade No Decade No
1840 4
1850 28 1940 168
1860 136 1950 582
1870 205 1960 552
1880 394 1970 303
1890 297 1980 399
1900 436 1990 383
1910 456 2000 211
1920 442 2010 154
1930 372 2020 28

Table 7 - Timber buildings by decade

Decade No Decade No
1850 14 1940 137
1860 105 1950 380
1870 174 1960 206
1880 348 1970 59
1890 280 1980 60
1900 375 1990 65
1910 373 2000 26
1920 345 2010 19
1930 287 2020 4

Table 8 - Status of religious places

Category No
Open 2192
Closed 309
Demolished 1633
Closed house 211
Open other faith/denom 119
Closed hall 193
Removed out 231

Table 9- Database statistics

Category No
No of record in database 5554
No of primary images 4515
Percent of records with images 81%
No of second images 1244
No of third images 219
Total images in database 5978

Table 10- Image sources

Category No
Thom Blake 3109
John Huth 1199
Kerry Raymond 54
Google Maps - street view 548
State Library of Queensland 338
Bert Knottenbeld 50
Mark Baker 57

Table 11 Closed by decade 1980-2020

Decade No
1980 219
1990 218
2000 134
2010 161