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10 August 2026

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

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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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