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 905
Roman Catholic 983
Methodist 806
Presbyterian 456
Congregational 98
Uniting 112
Australian Christian Churches (AOG) 146
Baptist 381
Lutheran 293
Seventh Day Adventist 118
Church of Christ 128
Salvation Army 180
Brethren 84
Independent 107
Christadelphian 21
Jehovah Witnesses 102
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints 44
Union 49
Orthodox 43
Apostolic Church of Queensland 36
Other 648
Total 5514


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

Denomination/religion No
Anglican 193
Roman Catholic 242
Methodist 165
Presbyterian 107
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 6
Other 96
Total 1176


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

Denomination/religion No
Anglican 68
Roman Catholic 102
Uniting 104
Presbyterian 26
Australian Christian Churches (AOG) 90
Baptist 97
Lutheran 29
Seventh Day Adventist 42
Church of Christ 36
Salvation Army 46
Brethren 13
Independent 81
Christadelphian 5
Jehovah Witnesses 84
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints 26
Union 5
Orthodox 21
Apostolic Church of Queensland 10
INC 29
Buddhist 12
Hindu 11
Islam 23
Apostolic_New 8
A2A 9
Wesleyan Methodist 21
Independent Pentacostal 15
Independent Baptist 16
 
Other 147
Total 1140


Buildings constructed by denomination/religion - details by decade



Table 4 Buildings open by denomination/religion

Denomination/religion No
Anglican 344
Roman Catholic 422
Methodist/Uniting 97
Presbyterian/Uniting 31
Congregational/Uniting 4
Presbyterian 89
Uniting 97
Australian Christian Churches (AOG) 92
Baptist 139
Lutheran 109
Seventh Day Adventist 82
Church of Christ 63
Salvation Army 44
Brethren 47
Independent 72
Christadelphian 11
Jehovah Witnesses 91
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints 38
Union 8
Orthodox 29
Apostolic Church of Queensland 22
Other 351
Total 2182


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

Denomination/religion No
Anglican 231
Roman Catholic 183
Uniting 130
Australian Christian Churches (AOG) 25
Baptist 105
Lutheran 63
Seventh Day Adventist 15
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 3
Apostolic New 2
Independent Pentacostal 3
Other 384
Total 1266

Table 6 - Date of construction by decade

Decade No Decade No
1840 4
1850 28 1940 166
1860 135 1950 577
1870 205 1960 549
1880 392 1970 300
1890 296 1980 394
1900 435 1990 381
1910 454 2000 209
1920 440 2010 151
1930 371 2020 23

Table 7 - Timber buildings by decade

Decade No Decade No
1850 14 1940 135
1860 104 1950 375
1870 174 1960 203
1880 346 1970 58
1890 279 1980 57
1900 372 1990 64
1910 370 2000 24
1920 342 2010 18
1930 286 2020 4

Table 8 - Status of religious places

Category No
Open 2182
Closed 302
Demolished 1617
Closed house 211
Open other faith/denom 119
Closed hall 193
Removed out 228

Table 9- Database statistics

Category No
No of record in database 5514
No of primary images 4464
Percent of records with images 81%
No of second images 1218
No of third images 204
Total images in database 5886

Table 10- Image sources

Category No
Thom Blake 3098
John Huth 1196
Kerry Raymond 55
Google Maps - street view 539
State Library of Queensland 326
Bert Knottenbeld 50
Mark Baker 56