The 2016 census shows Australians are less religious than ever before, but one religion is maintaining its popularity, Buddhism. In this article, we look to activities of Buddhists in Australia along the Eastern Seaboard Coast.
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Census
Self-Reporting of Religion and Personal Practice
A lot of attention has been paid to the low reporting of religion in the 2011 Census of all household dwellings in Australia. The Bureau of Census reports that there is a high frequency of nones - that is, no religion reported. This raises a number of questions about the Census and what is actually practiced in Australia.
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The 2011 Census
With the first round of 2011 census results recently released in June 2012, the first subject of discussion is the state of religion in Australia. Australian Census Stats have now released statistics of belief and non-belief in all areas of Australia. In this article, we explore belief generally along the so-called proliferation of non-belief in the Goulburn Valley, where the Shepparton Interfaith Network is active.
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Religion in Shepparton
The lastest figures from the 2011 Census indicate that Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam are the fastest growing religions in Greater Shepparton.
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