The results of the most recent (2021) Australian 5 year census are now being released.
Australia is growing quickly, principally through immigrations and is more diverse and less religious than 2016.
Australia’s population was 25,766,605 at 31 December, 2021
An increase of 8.6 per cent since the 2016 census
The average Australian fits the demographic:
- A female
- aged 30-39 years
- living in a coupled family with children
- living in the greater capital city area
- An average weekly family income of $3,000 or more.
Two-thirds of households own their home.
At home, and other than English, the most commonly used languages were Mandarin, Arabic, Vietnamese, Cantonese and Punjabi.
91 per cent of households reported having at least one vehicle and more than half reported having two or more vehicles.
Millennials now equal boomers as a proportion of the population.
48.2 per cent of Australians reported having a parent born overseas.
27.6 per cent of Australian reported as being born overseas
India has become the third-largest country of birth
Fewer than half of Australians identified as Christian.
The number of Australians who said they had no religion rose to 38.9 per cent.
The number of people claiming to be Jedi fell in 2021.
