Australian census: religious affiliation falls as population changes rapidly

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Australian census: religious affiliation falls as population changes rapidly

Australia’s rapidly-changing population is more godless, more Asian and far less likely to own a home outright, the results of the 2016 census show.

The first full results from the census, released today, revealed an ageing Australian population with huge shifts in the things its citizens have in common. The proportion of those who own their home outright has fallen dramatically, and for the first time, the majority of residents who were born overseas now hail from Asia, not Europe

Since 1966, when the proportion of the population who marked “no religion” on their census was just 0.8%, the number that now mark “no religion” has swelled to 29.6%, nearly double the 16% recorded in 2001. That category now accounts for a higher proportion of the population than any single religious denomination for the first time. The “no religion” category includes atheist, secularists, and those who are agnostic. Census officials noted that while the question on religious affiliation had changed slightly, the findings were still significant.

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Over that period since 1966, the proportion of the population who self-identify as Christian, combining all Christian denominations, has fallen from 88.2% to 52.1%.