effects of immigration

Question 1

1947 (first census)

Answer 1

major religious tradition was Anglicanism, making up approximately 39% of the Australian population, which can be attributed to the early colonisation of Australia by the British.

Question 2

Abolition of White Australia policy in 1973

Answer 2

shifted from predominantly Christian in 1971 (86.2%), to a more diverse and multicultural society, seeing large immigration of refugees from South East Asia, in which the Christian religious percentage is now only 43.9% in 2021

Question 3

1990’s and 2000’s

Answer 3

rise in Islamic faith traditions going from 0.7% in 1986 to 3.2% in 2021, as people fled Iraq and other Middle Eastern countries due to ongoing war problems and the Humanitarian entrance from the Middle East.

Question 4

Rise in no religion

Answer 4

immigration developed ideologies that shifted no religion from 6.7% in 1971 to 38.9% in 2021