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What the census tells us about Australia losing its religion

What the census tells us about Australia losing its religion
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Pearls and Irritations

Afzal Azeem Chowdhary

Australians have said they have ‘no religion’ on every census we’ve had – and it is growing every year

Australians have said they have ‘no religion’ on every census we’ve had – and it is growing every year

In Australia’s first census in 1911, only 0.4% of us said we had ‘no religion’. Now, ‘no religion’ is Australia’s biggest religious affiliation.

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Afzal Azeem Chowdhary