Participant Organisations

The 2026 Census – Not Religious? Mark ‘No Religion’ campaign is run by a coalition of pro-secular Australian organisations. Details of each participating organisation are listed below.

NameRationalist Society of Australia
Founded1906
FocusRationalist
RemitAustralia’s oldest freethought group. It campaigns for rational, evidence-based public policy, the separation of church and state, and equal treatment of non-religious Australians.
Websiterationalist.com.au
NameHumanists Australia
Founded2020
FocusHumanist
RemitThe national organisation for Australian humanists. It promotes humanism as an ethical, non-religious way of life, advocates secularism and human rights, and provides humanist ceremonies and community.
Websitehumanistsaustralia.org
NameNational Secular Lobby
Founded2017
FocusSecular
RemitA pro-secular lobby group that works for the separation of religion and state and the removal of undue religious privilege in law.
Websitensl.org.au
NameHumanists Victoria
Founded1961
FocusHumanist
RemitVictoria’s humanist society, formed in 1961 as the Humanist Society of Victoria. It promotes humanism as an ethical life stance based on reason and compassion, and advocates secular education and the separation of church and state. It is an affiliate of Humanists Australia.
Websitevichumanist.org.au
NameSecular Association of NSW
Founded1912
FocusSecular
RemitAdvances secularism in New South Wales. Formerly the Rationalist Association of NSW, dating from 1912, it argues for genuine separation of church and state, opposes the state favouring religious institutions, and commissions public-opinion research on church-state issues.
Websitesecular-nsw.com.au
NameAustralian Skeptics (Victorian Branch)
Founded1980
FocusScientific Skepticism
RemitPart of the Australian Skeptics, founded in Melbourne in 1980 (the Victorian Branch was separately incorporated in 1993). It investigates paranormal and pseudoscientific claims from a scientific standpoint and promotes critical thinking and scientific literacy.
Websiteskeptics.com.au/contact/vic
NameRecovering From Religion Australia
Founded2020
FocusSecular (peer support)
RemitThe Australian and New Zealand arm of Recovering from Religion, an international organisation founded in 2009. It provides confidential, non-judgemental peer support (helplines, chat and support groups) for people questioning, leaving, or recovering from religion.
Websiterecoveringfromreligion.org.au

This Census coalition ran a campaign for the 2021 Census at https://censusnoreligion.org.au but they have moved their official campaign website to https://censusnotreligious.org.au for the 2026 campaign. The old site is no longer relevant to this campaign.