47.0% ▲ +69.4%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 36.4%
- 2021: 47.0%
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.
Nearly half of the population in Brighton identifies as having no religion, a figure well above the national average. This shift makes the area more secular than most other parts of Australia. While Christianity remains common, it now trails behind those with no faith.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Those with no religion make up 47% of the population, which is a little above the South Australian figure of 45.8% and well above the Australian average of 38.9%. This group is the largest, followed closely by Christians at 46.2%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Brighton splits fairly evenly between No religion (47%) and Christianity (46%), with Not stated at 4%.
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- No religion 46.6%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Catholic 19.1%
- Anglican 10.8%
- Uniting Church 5.9%
- Other Christian 5.2%
- Orthodox 1.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.4%
- Baptist 1.3%
- Pentecostal 0.5%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- 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/SAL40160/brighton/topic/religion