Tag: Australian Census
Editorial: Unity can spring from diversity in Australia
The recent launch of the multi-faith census initiative at St Mary's Cathedral was an encouraging sign of the benefits of our nation’s diversity.
Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP leads multi-faith project to encourage Australians to...
Australia's major faith communities have united behind a national initiative led by Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP encouraging Australians to record their religious affiliation in the 2026 Census.
Sydney Catholic Schools’ survey of religious attitudes and practices – what...
A biennial survey of thousands of Sydney Catholic Schools students provides important insights into the ‘religiosity’ of young people.
Dallas McInerney: Faith beyond measure
The Catholic Church in this country has never represented its strength on a per capita basis
The five-yearly Australian Census is an important service conducted...
Fertility’s freefall hastened by pandemic
The new census data will provide better insight into why our fertility rate is in freefall, said the lead scientist of a longitudinal study...
Census: atheism on the rise
By Adam Wesselinoff and Debbie Cramsie
For the first time in Australian history fewer than half of us identify as Christians, with “no religion” likely...
Census 2021: Don’t let anyone tell you you’re not a ‘real’...
Around National Census time, there is none more evangelical than the various atheist organisations. Not content with recording their own lack of religious belief...
Believe in Jesus? Then identify as His
Many Christians, perhaps most, through most of history, have not “practised”, in the sense of going to church on Sundays, or have practised only...














