42.7% ▲ +133.3%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 42.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Brownsville · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Brownsville
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than four in ten people in Brownsville now report having no religion, reflecting a shift toward secularism since 2011. While Christianity remains the most common faith, the area is notably less religious than the national average.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 42.7% of residents have no religion, a figure well above the New South Wales rate of 33.2% and the national figure of 38.9%. Christianity is the most common faith at 52.9%, while Buddhism and other religions each account for 0.8%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Brownsville, Christianity is the majority at 53%; No religion is next at 43%.
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- Anglican 22.1%
- Catholic 19.0%
- Uniting Church 3.1%
- Orthodox 2.3%
- Other Christian 2.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.7%
- Baptist 1.3%
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- No religion 41.7%
- Secular beliefs 1.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.8%
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 Brownsville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10609/brownsville/topic/religion