Published 2 years ago

Australians are more millennial, multilingual and less religious: what the census reveals

Summary by Ground News

More than half of Australia's residents report being either born overseas or having an overseas-born parent. More than one quarter of the one million new arrivals have come from India or Nepal. Almost 40% of the population identified as having no religion, up from 30% in 2016, and 22% in 2011. Mandarin remains the most common language other than English used at home.

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The Conversation

Australians are more millennial, multilingual and less religious: what the census reveals

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