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Increasing diversity in religious identification in Australia: comparing 1947, 1991 and 1996 census reports
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posted on 2017-05-04, 04:51 authored by Bouma, GaryA comparison of the 1996 census data on religion with that of 1991 reveals a number of trends: the proportion of Australians reporting that they have ‘no religion’ continues to grow; mainstream Christianity, apart from the Catholics, continues to decline as a proportion of the population; and many small religious groups are flourishing. As well as 4.8 million Catholics, 500,000 Orthodox and 201,000 Muslims, Australia has 12,000 Sikhs, 3,000 Taoists, 8,000 Spiritualists and 2,000 Satanists.
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People and place, vol. 5, no. 3 (1997), p. 12-18. ISSN 1039-4788Usage metrics
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