46.2% ▲ +90.5%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 33.7%
- 2021: 46.2%
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 people in Brighton report having no religion, a figure that is higher than most similar areas. This makes the suburb's spiritual makeup a close split between those identifying as Christians and those with no faith at all.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Those with no religion make up 46.2% of the population, which is well above the Queensland figure of 41.2% and the national average of 38.9%. Christianity is the other main faith at 47.0%, while Buddhism is the most common minority religion at 0.7%.
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/sal/SAL30373/brighton/topic/religion