46.2% ▲ +90.4%
Higher than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 33.7%
- 2021: 46.2%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Brighton · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Brighton
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Almost half of the people in Brighton identify as Christian, though the area has seen a sharp shift in beliefs. Nearly 46% of residents now report having no religion, a figure that has climbed steeply over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 47%, but the number of people with no religion has risen 22 points since 2011 to reach 46.2%. This is well above the figures for both Queensland (41.2%) and Australia (38.9%).
Religious affiliation
View on map →Brighton splits fairly evenly between Christianity (47%) and No religion (46%), with Not stated at 5%.
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- Catholic 22.3%
- Anglican 11.6%
- Other Christian 4.3%
- Uniting Church 3.4%
- Baptist 2.4%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.9%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
- Orthodox 0.4%
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- No religion 45.5%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
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 Brighton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/302041042/brighton/topic/religion