45.6% —
Higher than 69% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 37.9%
- 2021: 45.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Brighton (Southern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Religion in Brighton (Southern Metropolitan)
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of all residents in Brighton now report having no religion, marking a significant shift since 2011. This trend is much stronger here than across the rest of the state, with 45.6% of people now identifying as non-religious.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The number of people with no religion rose 7.7 percentage points since 2016, leaving Brighton well above the national figure of 38.9%. While 40.7% of residents identify as Christians, there is also a notable Jewish community at 4.6%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Brighton (Southern Metropolitan) splits fairly evenly between No religion (46%) and Christianity (41%), with Not stated at 6%.
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- No religion 45.0%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 20.0%
- Anglican 10.7%
- Orthodox 4.0%
- Uniting Church 2.2%
- Other Christian 1.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.2%
- Baptist 0.4%
- Pentecostal 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 0.1%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.0%
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 (Southern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED21106/brighton/topic/religion