Queensland Religious Places

Statistics and charts

Chart 1 - No of buildings constructed by decade

Chart 2 - Timber Buildings vs other material



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

Denomination/religion No
Anglican 901
Roman Catholic 981
Methodist 807
Presbyterian 454
Congregational 98
Uniting 111
Australian Christian Churches (AOG) 146
Baptist 381
Lutheran 292
Seventh Day Adventist 118
Church of Christ 127
Salvation Army 180
Brethren 83
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 5504


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

Denomination/religion No
Anglican 191
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 1174


Buildings constructed by denomination/religion - details by decade



Table 3 - Buildings open by denomination/religion

Denomination/religion No
Anglican 344
Roman Catholic 421
Methodist/Uniting 95
Presbyterian/Uniting 31
Congregational/Uniting 4
Presbyterian 89
Uniting 97
Australian Christian Churches (AOG) 93
Baptist 139
Lutheran 108
Seventh Day Adventist 82
Church of Christ 62
Salvation Army 44
Brethren 46
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 2180

Table 4 - Date of construction by decade

Decade No Decade No
1840 4
1850 28 1940 166
1860 135 1950 576
1870 205 1960 548
1880 392 1970 300
1890 296 1980 394
1900 431 1990 381
1910 454 2000 210
1920 439 2010 149
1930 371 2020 21

Table 5 - Timber buildings by decade

Decade No Decade No
1840
1850 14 1940 132
1860 104 1950 370
1870 173 1960 200
1880 346 1970 58
1890 278 1980 57
1900 367 1990 64
1910 366 2000 24
1920 337 2010 18
1930 282 2020 4

Table 6 - Status of religious places

Category No
Open 2180
Closed 302
Demolished 1612
Closed house 210
Open other faith/denom 119
Closed hall 193
Removed out 228

Table 7 - Database statistics

Category No
No of record in database 5504
No of primary images 4445
Percent of records with images 81%
No of second images 1199
No of third images 191
Total images in database 5835

Table 8 - Image sources

Category No
Thom Blake 2614
John Huth 1197
Kerry Raymond 55
Google Maps - street view 537
State Library of Queensland 325
Bert Knottenbeld 50
Mark Baker 56