44.5% ▲ +69.2%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 34.6%
- 2021: 44.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Brentwood · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Brentwood
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A much higher share of people in Brentwood identify as having no religion compared to the national average. This trend is a standout feature of the area, where 44.5% of residents report no religious affiliation.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Nearly 45% of people here have no religion, which is well above the national figure of 38.9%. Those who do identify with a faith are mostly Christian (40.9%), followed by smaller groups of Buddhists, Muslims and Hindus.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Brentwood splits fairly evenly between No religion (44%) and Christianity (41%), with Not stated at 6%.
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- No religion 43.8%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.5%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 16.3%
- Anglican 9.6%
- Other Christian 7.2%
- Uniting Church 2.3%
- Baptist 2.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.8%
- Pentecostal 1.2%
- Orthodox 0.9%
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- Other religious groups 0.8%
- Sikhism 0.4%
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 Brentwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50178/brentwood/topic/religion