52.3% ▲ +108.0%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 38.4%
- 2021: 52.3%
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.
More than half of people in Brighton identify as having no religion. This is a much higher share than in most other similar areas and is well above the national figure.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 52.3% of residents have no religion, which is a little above the Tasmanian figure and far above the Australian average of 38.9%. Christianity is the next most common faith at 42.1%, while Buddhism, Islam and other religions each account for less than 1% of the population.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Brighton, No religion is the majority at 52%; Christianity is next at 42%.
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- No religion 51.9%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.1%
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- Anglican 21.3%
- Catholic 16.0%
- Other Christian 1.9%
- Uniting Church 1.4%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.4%
- Baptist 0.3%
- Orthodox 0.2%
- Pentecostal 0.1%
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- Sikhism 0.1%
- Other religious groups 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/SAL60075/brighton/topic/religion