CHRISTIANITY AND THE 2021 AUSTRALIAN CENSUS

 

The Australian 2021 Census figures show a decline in Christian belief from 52% to 43.9% of our population. This goes along with the steady decline since 1901:

1901 96.1%
1911 95.9%
1921 96.9%
1933 86.4%
1947 88.0%
1954 89.4%
1961 88.3%
1966 88.2%
1971 86.2%
1976 78.6%
1981 76.4%
1986 73.0%
1991 74.0%
1996 70.9%
2001 68.0%
2006 63.9%
2011 61.1%
2016 52.0%
2021 43.9%

The category of "No religion" is up from 29.6% (2016) to 38.9%.