Australia is losing religion, but it’s gaining foreigners

The country now has almost as many atheists as Christians and its population has grown by 2-million since 2016

28 June 2022 - 19:48 By Bloomberg News

Australia’s population has grown steadily in the past five years, new census data show, despite the number of new arrivals slumping due to Covid-19 border restrictions which blocked most travel to and from the country...

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