Religion and Immigration into Australia

New Migrants to Australia show a different picture of Religion to the existing population.

The following changes have been recorded from the 2011 Australia Census

Catholicism

• 18% of New Migrants are Catholic
• 26% of the existing population are Catholic

Anglicanism

• 7% of New Migrants are Anglican
• 13% of existing population are Anglican

Hinduism

• 10.0% of New Migrants are Hindu
• 3.0% of existing population are Hindu

Islam

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• 8.4% of New Migrants are Islams
• 4.7% of existing population are Islams

Buddhism

• 7.7% of New Migrants
• 6.6% of existing population

No Religion

• 24% of New Migrants have no religion
• 19% of existing population have no religion

These differences reflect the larger number of new arrivals from non-European countries.

Source: http://www.abs.gov.au