39.0% ▲ +72.4%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 39.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Brighton East · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Brighton East
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith in Brighton East, where 42.7% of residents identify with the religion. The area shows a mix of beliefs, with a notable Jewish community and a large number of people who identify with no religion at all.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 39% of people here have no religion, a figure that is about the same as both Victoria and the national average. Other significant groups include those of the Jewish faith at 9.2%, followed by Buddhism at 1.6% and Hinduism at 1.0%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Brighton East splits fairly evenly between Christianity (43%) and No religion (39%), with Judaism at 9%.
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- Catholic 20.5%
- Anglican 10.7%
- Orthodox 5.5%
- Uniting Church 2.6%
- Other Christian 1.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.2%
- Baptist 0.4%
- Pentecostal 0.1%
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- No religion 38.6%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 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 East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20338/brighton-east/topic/religion