The 2021 census results reveal the millennial generation has caught up to baby boomers in becoming the largest generation group in Australia. Follow our live blog as we unpack the data.
Australians are increasingly unlikely to worship a god and, for the first time, fewer than half say they are Christian.
The number of people who say they are Christian is declining, as the number of people with no religion increases. For the first time, fewer than half of Australians identified as Christian, though Christianity remained the nation's most common religion .Christianity was the stated religion of about 90 per cent of Australians until 1966, when its dominance began to wane.
The ABS says migration has affected the trends since, though much of the change is due to the growth of atheist and secular beliefs. The fastest-growing religions, according to the latest census, are Hinduism and Islam , though these worshippers remain small minorities.
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