People with 'no religion' to outnumber Christians in Australia
While Australia remains predominantly Christian, it seems that changes in the cultural aspect as well as the shift in the political environment have influenced the decline of Christian traditions in the country.
The number of people who adhered to "no religion" in the country has increased in the past years while the number of those who identified themselves as Christians has radically declined.
A 2011 census made by market and research firm, McCrindle Research, showed that Christians in Australia had decreased to almost 50 percent within a century.
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It also showed that those who do not have a religion increased more than three times for the past 40 years. People who do not associate with any religion jumped to 22.3 percent in 2011 from 6.7 percent four decades before.
The McCrindle Research blog stated that based on the current swing, it is highly likely that those who ascribe to "no religion" will overtake the Christians when the 2016 Census results come out in June.
While majority of the states and territories seemed to head to the direction of a dominant "no religion" perspective, New South Wales will be the only state where majority of citizens hold a Christian worldview.
According to The Australian's editor-at-large Paul Kelly, the rise of the progressive morality in the nation has slowly replaced values and traditions commonly attributed to the Christian faith, paving the way for a more diverse expression of human rights.
This trend is more common in the "millennial" generation, which comprised 30 percent of those who did not ascribe to any religion.
However, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said the number of those who ascribed to a religion did not necessarily represent those who are active in their faith's activities.
