Let's send a strong message to the Australian Bureau of Statistics that, for future Censuses, Australians want it to use a fair question that delivers accurate data.
The leading nature of the Census religion question undercounts the non-religious population by more than 10 per cent, reveals a new survey commissioned by the "Census – Not Religious?" campaign.
The latest edition of The Saturday Paper has highlighted the Catholic Church’s lobbying of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in 2024, and the request for him to “reverse” the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ proposed change to the question.
We are disappointed that the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has missed an opportunity to correct the long-standing and obvious presumption in the wording of the question on religion for the 2026 census.
The Victorian Premier’s own department believes the proposed changes to the Census religion question will have a positive impact in fostering greater inclusion of non-religious people.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is going ahead with testing the newly formulated religion question for the 2026 Census, it has been confirmed.
The ‘Census – Not Religious?’ campaign is seeking clarification from the Albanese government following its recent announcement regarding proposed topics for the Census in 2026.
The Census21 – Not Religious? campaign has raised concerns with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese about the Catholic Church’s calls for the government to interfere in the work of reformulating the Census religion question.
