Religious Expression in Australia - 1945 to the Present

Outline the changing patterns of religious adherence from 1945 to the present using census
data

Australia's Religious Profile

Census Data - Fastest Growing Religion
Census Data - Cultural Diversity
2011 Census - How religious affiliation has changed
Census Data - Religious Affiliation
Interactive data
******RAW CENSUS DATA - see table 12 pp.51-54*******

INTERPRETINGCENSUSDATA
Usingthecensusdataprovidedtoyouanswerthefollowing:

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In1947whatwastheAnglicanChurchstillbeingreferredtoas?
WhatwasnotableaboutAnglicanandCatholicfiguresin1986?
Inwhichyeardidthetotalnumberofpeoplerespondingtothecensustotal19668069?
WheredowefindAboriginalDreamtimeonthiscensusdata?
ListthreeexamplesofOtherReligions.
DescribethedifferenceinaffiliationwithOtherReligionsbetween1947and2011.
Explaintheincreaseinthenoreligioncategory.
Whydoyouthinkpeopleobjecttostatetheirreligiousaffiliation?
Outlinethemostsignificantchangesinreligiousaffiliationbetween1947and2011?
Lookcloselyatthelastcolumnofthe20062011dataaswellastable9.2fromthetextbook.
a) Whatdoesitmeanwhenthereisanegativegrowthrate?
b) IdentifythedenominationsofChristianitythathaveremainedconstantbetween1996and2011
(thosethathavechangedbetween0and0.1%)
c) Whathasbeentheincreaseofnewagereligionsbetween2006and2011?
Affiliationandgrowth.
a) Rankthefiveworldreligionsinorderofgrowth(descending)between20062011.Includethe
percentagesofgrowth.
b) Doesthisdatasurpriseyou?Why/whynot?
c) Rankthefiveworldreligionsinorderofmostcommonlyreported(affiliated)(descending)between
20062011.Includethepercentagesofaffiliation.
d) WhatarethetopthreedenominationsofChristianitywithwhichadherentsaremostlyaffiliated?List
theirpercentagealso.

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Readthroughtheinformationprovidedinthisarticle:Census Data - Cultural Diversity
Isthereanycorrelationbetweenrecentarrivals,ancestryandreligiousaffiliation?

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Readthroughtheinformationprovidedinthisarticle:2011 Census - How religious affiliation has
changed
Recordthe5mostsignificantfindingsfromthisarticle.