Who would have thought that Australians seem to be losing their faith in traditional religions? Don't take my word for it... let's use an independent source - the Australian Census ... well a few of them anyway.
In the years since 1966, those reporting no religion in the Census have increased from 0.8% to 30% in the 2016 Census. That makes approximately 7 million Australians who claimed to have no religion. Hmmmm.
The figures from the Censuses (is that a word), bearing in mind the ones from 1966 to 2006 are not included here:
Census 1966 - Those reporting no religion - 0.8%
Census 2006 - Those reporting no religion - 19%
Census 2011 - Those reporting no religion - 22%
Census 2016 - Those reporting no religion - 30% - approximately 7 million Australians.
Data from Census 2021 will be released from June 2022 and it will be interesting to revisit this then to see if there has been an increase in "no religion" with CoVid and other world events or maybe something else entirely.
Quick reminder: According to Wikipedia: Religion is a social-cultural system of designated behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that relates humanity to supernatural, transcendental, and spiritual elements; however, there is no scholarly consensus over what precisely constitutes a religion.
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