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The 2021 Australian census, simply called the 2021 Census, was the eighteenth national Census of Population and Housing in Australia. The 2021 Census took place on 10 August 2021, and was conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). [1] [2] It had a response rate of 96.1%, up from the 95.1% at the 2016 census. [3] The total ...
The Census in Australia, officially the Census of Population and Housing, is the national census in Australia that occurs every five years. [1] The census collects key demographic, social and economic data from all people in Australia on census night, including overseas visitors and residents of Australian external territories, only excluding foreign diplomats. [2]
At the 2021 census, 3.2% of the Australian population identified as being Indigenous — Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders. [ N 10 ] [ 72 ] In 2020, 7.5% of births were Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons up from 5.7% in 2010; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander fertility rates have stayed above replacement levels ...
Religion does not play a major role in the lives of much of the population. [6] In the country's 2021 census, 38.9% of Australians (or 9,886,957 people) selected either "no religion" or specified their form of irreligion, almost nine percent higher (and 2,846,240 more people) than the 2016 census. 7.2% did not state their religion, or gave an ...
The Australian sign language known as Auslan was used at home by 16,242 people at the time of the 2021 census. [380] At the 2021 census, English was the only language spoken in the home for 72% of the population. The next most common languages spoken at home were Mandarin (2.7%), Arabic (1.4%), Vietnamese (1.3%), Cantonese (1.2%) and Punjabi (0 ...
Once every 5 years, [12] the ABS conducts the Australian Census [13] of Population and Housing as stipulated under federal law in the Constitution of Australia. [14] The most recent was conducted on 10 August 2021. [15] Statistics from the census were published on the ABS website in June 2022. [16]
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Australian and foreign born population pyramid in 2021 The following table shows Australia's population by country of birth as estimated by the Australian Bureau of Statistics in 2022. It shows only countries or regions of birth with a population of over 100,000 residing in Australia.