Brighton
Religion
In 2018, the largest single religion in Brighton was Presbyterian, Congregational and Reformed, with 10.8% of the population or 159 people as adherents.
Brighton's religion statistics provide an indicator of cultural identity and ethnicity when observed in conjunction with other key variables. Religion data reveal the major concentrations of religions as well as revealing the proportion of people with no religious affiliation. There are a number of reasons for different religious compositions across areas including the country of birth and ethnic background of the population, the age of the population (belief in religion is generally stronger, the older the population) and changes in values and belief systems.
Brighton's religion statistics should be analysed in conjunction with Ethnicity statistics, Māori Descent, Country of Birth data and Languages Spoken data to assist in identifying specific cultural and ethnic groups.
Derived from the Census question:
'What is your religion?'.
Multi-response
Total population
| Religion - Ranked by size | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton | 2018 | 2006 | Change | |||||
| Religion - Multi-response | Number | % of the population | Bush Road % | Number | % of the population | Bush Road % | 2006 to 2018 | |
| Presbyterian, Congregational and Reformed | 159 | 10.8 | 16.4 | 882 | 261 | 17.3 | 29.6 | -102 |
| Catholic | 96 | 6.5 | 6.0 | 874 | 114 | 7.6 | 9.9 | -18 |
| Christian nfd | 57 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 875 | 78 | 5.2 | 2.5 | -21 |
| Anglican | 54 | 3.7 | 5.0 | 871 | 117 | 7.8 | 8.2 | -63 |
| Pentecostal | 15 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 881 | 12 | 0.8 | 1.1 | +3 |
| Spiritualism and new age religions | 15 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 885 | 12 | 0.8 | 0.0 | +3 |
| Other Christian religions | 12 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 886 | 9 | 0.6 | 1.2 | +3 |
Source: Statistics New Zealand, Census of Population and Dwellings (opens a new window)
2006 and 2018. Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id (opens a new window)
(informed decisions).
Stats NZ data quality rating: High(opens a new window)
Excludes religions with fewer than 20 adherents, or less than 0.1% of the total population.
| Religion - Totals | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton | 2018 | 2006 | Change | |||||
| Religion - totals - multi-response | Number | % of the population | Bush Road % | Number | % of the population | Bush Road % | 2006 to 2018 | |
 Total Christian | 426 | 28.9 | 35.8 | 889 | 627 | 41.6 | 56.7 | -201 |
| Total Māori Christian | 3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 890 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +3 |
| Total Non Christian | 42 | 2.9 | 1.0 | 891 | 42 | 2.8 | 0.3 | 0 |
| No religion | 876 | 59.5 | 55.1 | 892 | 687 | 45.5 | 34.8 | +189 |
| Not stated / included | 135 | 9.2 | 8.0 | 893 | 207 | 13.7 | 10.7 | -72 |
| Total respondents | 1,338 | 90.8 | 92.0 | 8951 | 1,302 | 86.3 | 89.3 | +36 |
| Total responses | 1,482 | 100.6 | 100.1 | 8952 | 1,563 | 103.6 | 102.5 | -81 |
| Total population | 1,473 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 9999 | 1,509 | 100.0 | 100.0 | -36 |
Source: Statistics New Zealand, Census of Population and Dwellings (opens a new window)
2006 and 2018. Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id (opens a new window)
(informed decisions).
Stats NZ data quality rating: High(opens a new window)
Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Dominant groups
Analysis of the religious affiliation of the population of Brighton in 2018 compared to the Bush Road shows that there was a lower proportion of people who professed a religion and a higher proportion who stated they had no religion.
Overall, 32.0% of the population nominated a religion, and 59.5% said they had no religion, compared with 37.0% and 55.1% respectively for the Bush Road.
The largest single religion in Brighton was Presbyterian, Congregational and Reformed, with 10.8% of the population or 159 people as adherents.
The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of Brighton and the Bush Road were:
- A larger percentage who nominated Spiritualism and new age religions (1.0% compared to 0.1%)
- A smaller percentage who nominated Presbyterian, Congregational and Reformed (10.8% compared to 16.4%)
- A smaller percentage who nominated Anglican (3.7% compared to 5.0%)
Note: Percentages(%) are based on total population
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in Brighton between 2006 and 2018 were for those who nominated:
- Presbyterian, Congregational and Reformed (-102 responses)
- Anglican (-63 responses)