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It’s the snapshot of who we are or, more accurately, who we were on a single night in August 2021.
The latest census shows a nation undergoing great change: we’re bigger, we’re younger, we’re an outward-looking nation of migrants, and we’re less religious than ever.
Fifty-one per cent of us were either born overseas or have at least one parent born overseas, while almost 40 per cent of us follow no religion.
How has COVID changed the way we live? And what challenges await policymakers trying to grapple with this data and what it means for the services our changing country will need in future?
Today on Please Explain, national data editor Craig Butt joins Bianca Hall to discuss Census 2021. Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. |