Australian Christianity Statistics: Christian, Non-Christian, no religion and religion not stated as a percentage of total Australia census population

Australian Bureau of Statistics 1901-1996 �
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Christian
Non-Christian
No-Religion
Not stated
1901
96.10���
1.41���
�0.18���
�1.49���
1911
95.95���
0.83���
�0.22���
�2.67���
1921
96.91���
0.65���
�0.38���
�1.70���
1933� (a)
86.39���
0.43���
�0.18���
12.80���
1947
88.04���
0.48���
�0.35���
10.88���
1954
89.40���
0.61���
�0.26���
�9.51���
1961
88.26���
0.65���
�0.36���
10.50���
1966
88.35���
0.66���
�0.81���
�9.86���
1971� (b)
86.16���
0.78���
�6.71���
�6.12���
1976
78.57���
0.95���
�8.34���
11.76���
1981
76.38���
1.36���
10.82���
10.94���
1986
72.95���
2.03���
12.67���
11.94���
1991� (c)
73.98���
2.64���
12.92���
10.16���
1996
70.88���
3.47���
16.61���
�8.73���

(a)� Public informed that it was no longer an offence not to state one's religion
(b)� The phrase 'if no religion write 'none'' inserted into questionnaire
(c)� Top seven denominations became a tick box option

source: Australian Bureau of Statistics.

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