Young Australians are becoming increasingly a generation of non-believers, according to an analysis of the 2006 census.
Secularisation is an emerging trend, the Australian Bureau of Statistics statistician’s report concludes.
Since the 1971 census, when the “no religion” option was included for the first time, the number of people declaring no denomination has nearly trebled from 6.7 per cent to 18.7 per cent.
The shift is largely because of young people who are more likely to state “no religion” on their census forms.
