54.6% ▲ +96.9%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 38.5%
- 2021: 54.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Bright · Urban Centre
Religion in Bright
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far more people in Bright report having no religion than in most similar areas. This shift is striking, as the number of residents without a religious affiliation has surged by 27 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Over half the population (54.6%) now identifies as having no religion, a figure far above the national 38.9%. Christianity is the next most common affiliation at 33.5%, while Hinduism, Buddhism and other religions each account for less than 1%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Bright, No religion is the majority at 55%; Christianity is next at 33%.
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- No religion 54.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 12.8%
- Anglican 8.9%
- Uniting Church 4.4%
- Other Christian 4.4%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.4%
- Orthodox 0.8%
- Pentecostal 0.3%
- Baptist 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 0.2%
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 Bright [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215015/bright/topic/religion