41.5% ▲ +68.9%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 34.1%
- 2021: 41.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Brighton · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Brighton
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Almost half of the 46.5% of people in Brighton identify as Christian, making it the most common faith in the area. While many residents still hold a religious affiliation, a large portion of the population now reports having no religion.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 46.5%, though 41.5% of residents have no religion, which is a little above the national figure of 38.9%. Other groups include Judaism at 3.6%, Buddhism at 1.4%, and Hinduism at 0.6%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Brighton splits fairly evenly between Christianity (46%) and No religion (42%), with Not stated at 6%.
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- Catholic 21.9%
- Anglican 13.7%
- Orthodox 4.2%
- Uniting Church 2.6%
- Other Christian 2.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.4%
- Baptist 0.5%
- Pentecostal 0.3%
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- No religion 41.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.2%
- Sikhism 0.1%
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/sal/SAL20337/brighton/topic/religion