澳大利亚将于8月11日进行五年一度的人口普查[1]。宗教信仰问题再次成为焦点，世俗主义者呼吁改变宗教提问方式，但由于需要与往年普查数据保持可比性，这一要求未被采纳[1]。
最新数据反映出澳大利亚宗教信仰的显著变化趋势。基督教信徒人数在过去五年内出现明显下滑，从2016年的1210万人（占52.1%）降至2021年的1110万人（占43.9%）[1]。此外，2021年普查显示，有784,000名在2016年选择无宗教信仰的澳大利亚人转而认同基督教[1]。根据2011年普查的记录，在600万无宗教信仰者中，仅有59,000人明确认同无神论者身份[1]。
Australia will conduct its five-yearly national census on August 11, with religious affiliation emerging once again as a contentious topic [1]. Secularists have called for changes to how the census questions religion, though such modifications have not been implemented to maintain comparability with previous census data [1].
The latest figures reveal a significant shift in Australia's religious landscape. Christian adherence dropped from 12.1 million people, representing 52.1 percent of the population in 2016, to 11.1 million people, or 43.9 percent, by 2021 [1]. This decline reflects a broader trend of diminishing religious affiliation across the country. The 2011 census recorded 6 million Australians with no religious belief, though only 59,000 identified explicitly as atheist [1]. In the 2021 census, 784,000 Australians who had chosen no religion in 2016 subsequently identified as Christian [1].