48.5% ▲ +47.4%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.9%
- 2016: 37.4%
- 2021: 48.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Brookdale · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Brookdale
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of all residents in Brookdale report having no religion, a figure well above the national average. This trend is much more common here than in most other similar areas, with 48.5% of people identifying as non-religious.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The typical resident is more likely to have no religion (48.5%) than any specific faith. This is well above the 38.9% national figure, while 34.5% identify as Christians, followed by smaller groups of Hindus (2.8%) and Muslims (2.4%).
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Brookdale, the largest group is No religion at 48%, followed by Christianity (34%) and Not stated (10%).
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- No religion 47.7%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 11.5%
- Other Christian 9.9%
- Anglican 6.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.0%
- Baptist 1.8%
- Pentecostal 1.5%
- Orthodox 0.7%
- Uniting Church 0.7%
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- Other religious groups 1.0%
- Sikhism 0.5%
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 Brookdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50187/brookdale/topic/religion