The Australian 2021 census results are out. Key takeaways:
India has overtaken China and New Zealand to become the third-largest country of birth for Australian residents after China and NZ.
The number of Australians born in India has increased dramatically since 2016, and India has now gone past China and New Zealand in the country-of-birth statistic to sit behind only Australia and England. . 673,352 people living in Australia reported India as their country of birth – an increase of 220,000, or 47.9% per cent, since the previous census in 2016. (Note: Paki mard-e-momeens are not far behind in % upswing in migration)
“Almost every family” in
Punjab now knows somebody who lives in Australia.
For the first time, fewer than half of Australians identify as Christian, while there have also been increases in other religions such as
Hinduism, which grew by 55.3% to 684,002 people, or 2.7% of the population.
But
Punjabi, spoken in the Indian province of Punjab, had the largest increase,
growing more than 80% compared to 2016.
Christianity is still the most common religion in Australia, religious diversity is increasing: 43.9% of respondents identified as Christian in the 2021 census compared to more than half in 2016 and 61% in 2011. In 1911 when the first census was conducted, 96 per cent of Australians listed a form of Christianity as their religion. The top 5 religions outside of Christianity are Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism and Judaism.
Nepal springs a surprise - The second-largest increase in country of birth was Nepal, with an additional 70,000 people.
The statewise breakup:
NSW Islam (4.3%), Hinduism (3.4%) and Buddhism (2.8%).
VIC Islam (4.2%), Hinduism (3.3%) and Buddhism (3.1%).
QLD Buddhism (1.4%), Hinduism (1.3%) and Islam (1.2%).
SA Islam (2.3%), Hinduism (2.1%) and Buddhism (1.9%).
WA Islam (2.5%), Buddhism (2.2%) and Hinduism (2.0%).
TAS Hinduism (1.7%), Buddhism (1.0%) and Islam (0.9%).
NT Hinduism (2.7%), Buddhism (2.1%) and Islam (1.4%).
ACT Hinduism (4.5%), Islam (3.2%) and Buddhism (2.8%).
National averages: Islam 2.5%, Hindu 2.7% and Buddist 2.2%
Sources: It's all over google but the data buck stops here
https://www.abs.gov.au/census