Demographics of Australia
Indicator	Rank	Measure
Economy
GDP (PPP) per capita	16th	$32,938
GNP	18th	$35,900
Unemployment rate	↓ 57th	4.90%
CO2 emissions	12th	18t†
Electricity consumption	16th	200.70GWh
Economic Freedom	9th	1.84
Politics
Human Development Index	3rd	0.957
Political freedom	1st*	1
Corruption (A higher score means less (perceived) corruption.)	↓ 7th	8.7
Press freedom	28th	8.79
Society
Literacy Rate	21st	99%
Broadband uptake	17th	13.8%
Beer consumption	4th	109.9 L†
Health
Life Expectancy	5th	81.2
Birth rate	148th	12.14‡
Fertility rate	137th	1.81††
Infant mortality	202nd	4.57‡‡
Death rate	122nd	7.56‡
Suicide Rate	33rd	♂ 20.1†‡ ♀ 5.3†‡
HIV/AIDS rate	108th	0.10%
Notes
↓ indicates rank is in reverse order (e.g. 1st is lowest) † per capita ‡ per 1000 people †† per woman ‡‡ per 1000 live births †‡ 100,000 people per year ♂ indicates males, ♀ indicates females

The demographics of Australia covers basic statistics, most populous cites, ethnicity and religious affiliation. The population of Australia is growing at a rate of 1.4% per year,^[1] and officially (by estimation) hit 21 million on the 29th June 2007 at 9.42pm.^[2] The estimate as of 12AM on 4 May 2008 is 21,289,911.^{[3] [4]} Australia is the 53rd most populous country in the world and its population is largely urban. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... The international dollar is a hypothetical unit of currency that has the same purchasing power that the U.S. dollar has in the United States at a given point in time. ... Measures of national income and output are used in economics to estimate the value of goods and services produced in an economy. ... The international dollar is a hypothetical unit of currency that has the same purchasing power that the U.S. dollar has in the United States at a given point in time. ... Insert non-formatted text hereInsert non-formatted text hereInsert non-formatted text hereInsert non-formatted text hereInsert non-formatted text hereInsert non-formatted text here CO2 emission per capita per year per country This is a list of countriesafsdafdasfsdfsfsdfafsafsdafsadfs by carbon dioxide emissions per capita from 1990 through 2003. ... This article is about the metric tonne. ... The watt-hour (symbol W·h) is a unit of energy. ... This map reflects the findings of Freedom Houses 2006 survey Freedom in the World, concerning the state of world freedom in 2005. ... Overview of the index of perception of corruption, 2006 Since 1995, Transparency International has published an annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI)[1] ordering the countries of the world according to the degree to which corruption is perceived to exist among public officials and politicians.[2] The organization defines corruption as... Reporters Without Borders, or RWB (French: Reporters sans frontières, Spanish: Reporteros Sin Fronteras, or RSF) is a French origin international non-governmental organization that advocates freedom of the press, founded by its current general-secretary, Robert Menard. ... World literacy rates by country, based on The World Factbook. ... This article is becoming very long. ... This is a list of countries ordered by per-capita consumption of beer, as of 2004. ... The litre or liter (see spelling differences) is a unit of volume. ... This article is under construction. ... Map of countries and territories by fertility rate Graph of Total Fertility Rates vs. ... This is a list of countries by infant mortality rate, based on The World Factbook, 2005 estimates. ... World map of suicide rates per 100,000. ... People living with HIV/AIDS by country The adult HIV prevalence at the end of 2004 This is a list of countries and territories by people living with HIV/AIDS and the prevalence rate among adults, based on data from various sources, such as the The CIA World Factbook [1... (Redirected from 29th June) June 29 is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 185 days remaining. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ...

Current Demographic data

Population pyramid^[5]

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Population

The following figures are based on previous censuses and their data.

20,743,300 (26 January 2007 - ABS)

20,605,500 (26 January 2006 - ABS)

20,171,300 (26 January 2005 - ABS)

20,100,000 (26 January 2004 - ABS)

19,438,000 (26 January 2003 - ABS)

19,662,800 (26 January 2002 - ABS)

19,436,000 (26 January 2001 - ABS)

19,157,000 (26 January 2000 - ABS)

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Age structure

0-14 years: 19.6% (male 2,031,313/female 1,936,802)

15-64 years: 67.3% (male 6,881,863/female 6,764,709)

65 years and over: 13.1% (male 1,170,589/female 1,478,806) (2006 est.)

Median age

Total: 36.9 years

Male: 36 years

Female: 37.7 years (2006 est.)

Population growth rate

Annual population growth

1.4% (March 2008 - ABS)

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• one birth every 1 minute and 55 seconds,
• one death every 3 minutes and 58 seconds,
• a net gain of one international migrant every 2 minutes and 51 seconds leading to
• an overall total population increase of one person every 1 minutes and 37 seconds. (ABS Population clock)

In 2005 the estimated rates were:

• birth rate - 12.26 births/1,000 population
• death rate - 6.3 deaths/1,000 population
• net migration rate - 3.91 migrant(s)/1,000 population.

At the time of Australian Federation in 1901, the rate of natural increase was 14.9 persons per 1,000 population. The rate increased to a peak of 17.4 per thousand population in the years 1912, 1913 and 1914. During the Great Depression, the rate declined to a low of 7.1 per thousand population in 1934 and 1935. Immediately after the Second World War, in the mid to late 1940s, the rate increased sharply as a result of the beginning of the Post-World War II baby boom and the immigration of many young people who then had children in Australia, with a plateau of rates of over 13.0 persons per 1,000 population for every year from 1946 to 1962. Mortality rate is the annual number of deaths per 1000 people. ... The federation of Australia was the process by which the six separate British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia formed a federation. ... Theoretical Human population increase from 10,000 BC – AD 2000. ... In 1931, over 1000 unemployed men marched from the Esplanade to the Treasury Building in Perth, Western Australia to see Premier Sir James Mitchell. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... For further information, see Baby boomer. ...

There has been a fall in the rate of natural increase since 1962 due to falling fertility. In 1971 the rate of natural increase was 12.7 persons per 1,000 population; a decade later it had fallen to 8.5. In 1996 the rate of natural increase fell below seven for the first time, with the downward trend continuing in the late 1990s. Population projections by the Australian Bureau of Statistics indicate that continued low fertility, combined with the increase in deaths from an ageing population, will result in natural increase falling below zero sometime in the mid 2030s. However in 2006 the fertility rate rose to 1.81, one of the highest rate in the OECD, arguably as a result of some pro-fertility state and federal government campaigns, including the Federal Government's Baby Bonus. The (total) fertility rate of a population is the average number of child births per woman. ... The (total) fertility rate of a population is the average number of child births per woman. ... The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is an international organization of those developed countries that accept the principles of representative democracy and a free market economy. ... The Baby Bonus is a scheme by the Federal Government of Australia aimed at offsetting the expenses associated with rearing a child. ...

Since 1901, the crude death rate has fallen from about 12.2 deaths per 1,000 population to 6.7 in 2000. [2]

Sex ratio

At birth:1.05 male(s)/female

Under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female

15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.79 male(s)/female

Total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2006 est.)

Infant mortality rate

Total: 4.63 deaths/1,000 live births

Male: 5.02 deaths/1,000 live births

Female: 4.22 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

Male: 78.5 years

Female: 83.5 years (2003-2005, ABS [3])

Total fertility rate

1.87 children born/woman (2007)

For more detailed regionwise TFR details go to this table:

HIV/AIDS

Adult prevalence rate: 0.45% (2003 est.)

People living with HIV/AIDS: 14,000 (2003 est.)

Deaths: less than 1500 (2003 est.)

Country of Birth

Countries of birth of Australian estimated resident population, 2006.
Source:Australian Bureau of Statistics^[6]

According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics ([4]) in mid-2006 there were 4,956,863 residents in Australia who were born outside Australia, representing 24% of the Australian resident population. The Australian-resident population comprises people born in these countries:

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Indigenous populations

In the 2001 Census, 366,436 respondents declared they were Aboriginal (2.07% of all respondents), 26,088 declared they were Torres Strait Islander (0.15%) and 17,636 declared they were both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders (0.10%). Language(s) Several hundred Indigenous Australian languages (many extinct or nearly so), Australian English, Australian Aboriginal English, Torres Strait Creole, Kriol Religion(s) Primarily Christian, with minorities of other religions including various forms of Traditional belief systems based around the Dreamtime Related ethnic groups see List of Indigenous Australian group... Torres Strait Islanders are the indigenous people of the Torres Strait Islands, part of Queensland, Australia. ... Language(s) Several hundred Indigenous Australian languages (many extinct or nearly so), Australian English, Australian Aboriginal English, Torres Strait Creole, Kriol Religion(s) Primarily Christian, with minorities of other religions including various forms of Traditional belief systems based around the Dreamtime Related ethnic groups see List of Indigenous Australian group... The Torres Strait Islander Flag. ...

Ethnic groups

Most of the estimated 21 million Australians are descended from colonial-era settlers and post-Federation immigrants from Europe, with around 85% of Australia's population being of European descent. For generations, the vast majority of both colonial-era settlers and post-Federation immigrants came almost exclusively from the United Kingdom adn Ireland, and the people of Australia are still predominantly of British or Irish ethnic origin. Significant non-European ethnic minorities include Asians (predominately Chinese and Indian) at about 9% and indigenous Australians, who make up almost 3% of the current population. For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... The European peoples are the various nations and ethnic groups of Europe. ... The term Asian can refer to something or someone from Asia. ...

Since the end of World War II, Australia's population has more than doubled, spurred by large-scale European immigration during the immediate post-war decades. Non-European immigration, mostly from Asia and the Middle East, has increased significantly since the 1970s; due in large part to the abolition of the White Australia Policy. Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... This badge from 1906 shows the use of the expression White Australia at that time While there was never any specific official policy called the White Australia policy, this is the term used for a collection of historical legislation and policies which either intentionally or unintentionally restricted non-white immigration...

In the 2006 Australian Census residents could nominate up to two ancestries that they define themselves as members. Proportionate to the Australian resident population, the most commonly nominated ancestries were:

• "Australian" (37.1%)
• English (31.6%)
• Irish (9.1%) (this may be a large underestimation)^{[citation needed][8]}
• Scottish (7.7%)
• Italian (4.3%)
• German (4.1%)
• Chinese (3.4%)
• Greek (1.8%)
• Dutch (1.6%)
• Indian (1.2%)
• Lebanese (0.9%)
• Pole (0.8%)
• Vietnamese (0.8%)
• New Zealander (0.8%)
• Filipino (0.8%)
• Maltese (0.7%)
• Croats (0.6%)
• Welsh (0.5%)
• French (0.5%)
• Serbs (0.45%)
• Spanish (0.4%)
• South African (0.4%)
• Sinhalese (0.4%)
• Macedonian (0.4%)
• Hungarian (0.3%)
• Russian (0.3%)
• Turks (0.3%)
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Religions and beliefs

Main article: Religion in Australia

25.8% Roman Catholic, 18.7% Anglican, 19.4% Other Christian

2.1% Buddhist, 1.7% Muslim, 0.4% Jewish, 2.0% other, 18.7% No Religion, 11.2% Not described. (2006 census)

The category of "No Religion" includes non-theistic beliefs such as humanism, atheism, agnosticism and rationalism. A fifth sub-category is "No Religion - nfd" ("nfd" = no further definition). The Australian Bureau of Statistics does not provide statistics on how many people belong in each sub-category on "No Religion".

The Australian Bureau of Statistics 2001 Census Dictionary statement on religious affiliation states the purpose for gathering such information:

Data on religious affiliation are used for such purposes as planning educational facilities, aged persons' care and other social services provided by religion-based organisations; the location of church buildings; the assigning of chaplains to hospitals, prisons, armed services and universities; the allocation of time on public radio and other media; and sociological research.

As in many Western countries, the level of active participation in church worship is much lower than would be indicated by the proportion of Christians indicated in the ABS statistics; weekly attendance at church services is about 1.5 million, about 7.5% of the population.^[9] There is no state religion in Australia, the establishment of which is prohibited by the Constitution. ... The Roman Catholic Church in Australia is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and curia in Rome. ... Arms of the Anglican Church of Australia The Anglican Church of Australia, a member church of the Anglican Communion, was previously officially known as the Church of England in Australia and Tasmania (renamed in 1981). ... A replica of an ancient statue found among the ruins of a temple at Sarnath Buddhism is a philosophy based on the teachings of the Buddha, Siddhārtha Gautama, a prince of the Shakyas, whose lifetime is traditionally given as 566 to 486 BCE. It had subsequently been accepted by... Islam in Australia is the second largest minority religion after Buddhism. ... The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination of these attributes. ... Secular humanism is a humanist philosophy that upholds reason, ethics, and justice, and specifically rejects the supernatural and the spiritual as warrants of moral reflection and decision-making. ... Atheist redirects here. ... Agnosticism (Greek: α- a-, without + γνώσις gnōsis, knowledge; after Gnosticism) is the philosophical view that the truth value of certain claims — particularly metaphysical claims regarding theology, afterlife or the existence of God, gods, deities, or even ultimate reality — is unknown or, depending on the form of agnosticism, inherently unknowable due to... In epistemology and in its broadest sense, rationalism is any view appealing to reason as a source of knowledge or justification (Lacey 286). ... Australian Bureau of Statistics logo The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is the Australian government agency that collects and publishes statistical information about Australia. ...

Languages

De facto national language: English

Most common languages other than English: Italian, Greek, German, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Chinese languages, Indian languages, Arabic language, Macedonian

Indigenous: Australian Aboriginal languages, Australian Deaf Sign Language

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Literacy

Definition: age 15 and over can read and write

Total population: 99%

Male: 99%

Female: 99% (2003 est.)

Historical population estimates^[10]

*Includes estimates of the Indigenous population from 1961 onwards.

Indigenous population

The Demographics of Australia can be considered as starting with the initial migrations of peoples ancestral to the present-day indigenous Australians to the continent of Australia. The earliest widely accepted timeline for these first arrivals places this prehistoric human migration at least 40,000–45,000 years ago; other less widely supported evidence suggests human habitation of the continent by 50,000–60,000 years ago or even earlier. These first inhabitants of Australia were originally hunter-gatherer peoples, who over the course of many succeeding generations diversified widely throughout the continent and its nearby islands. Although their technical culture remained static—depending on wood, bone, and stone tools and weapons—their spiritual and social life was highly complex. Most spoke several languages, and confederacies sometimes linked widely scattered tribal groups. Aboriginal population density ranged from one person per square mile along the coasts to one person per 35 square miles in the arid interior. Food procurement was usually a matter for the nuclear family and was very demanding, since there was little large game, and outside of some communities in the more fertile south-east, they had no agriculture. Language(s) Several hundred Indigenous Australian languages (many extinct or nearly so), Australian English, Australian Aboriginal English, Torres Strait Creole, Kriol Religion(s) Primarily Christian, with minorities of other religions including various forms of Traditional belief systems based around the Dreamtime Related ethnic groups see List of Indigenous Australian group... Net migration rates for 2006: positive (blue), negative (orange) and stable (green). ... In anthropology, the hunter-gatherer way of life is that led by certain societies of the Neolithic Era based on the exploitation of wild plants and animals. ...

Australia may have been sighted by Portuguese sailors in 1601, and Dutch navigators landed on the forbidding coast of modern Western Australia several times during the 17th century. Captain James Cook claimed it for Great Britain in 1770. At that time, the native population was around half a million, divided in as many as 500 tribes speaking many different languages. The Aboriginal population currently numbers almost 500,000, representing about 2.5% of the population. Since the end of World War II, efforts have been made both by the government and by the public to be more responsive to Aboriginal rights and needs. Events February 8 - Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, rebels against Elizabeth I of England - revolt is quickly crushed February 25 - Robert Devereux beheaded Jesuit Matteo Ricci arrives in China Bad harvest in Russia due to rainy summer Dutch troops drive Portuguese from Málaga Battle of Kinsale, Ireland Births... Motto: Je Maintiendrai (Dutch: Ik zal handhaven, English: I Shall Uphold) Anthem: Wilhelmus van Nassouwe Capital Amsterdam1 Largest city Amsterdam Official language(s) Dutch2 Government Parliamentary democracy Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Beatrix  - Prime minister Jan Peter Balkenende Independence Eighty Years War   - Declared July 26, 1581   - Recognised January 30, 1648 (by Spain... Slogan or Nickname: Wildflower State or the Golden State Other Australian states and territories Capital Perth Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Ken Michael Premier Alan Carpenter (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 15  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2005-06)  - Product ($m)  $107,910 (4th)  - Product per capita  $53,134/person... This article is about the British explorer. ... For the village in Queensland, see 1770, Queensland. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...

Today, many tribal Aborigines lead a settled traditional life in remote areas of northern, central, and western Australia. In the south, where most Aborigines are of mixed descent, most live in the cities.

Current Australia population trends

The trend of population growth in Australia. The rate of population growth changed significantly following the Australian gold rushes, the Great depression and World War II.

Australia's population has grown from an estimated population of about 350,000 at the time of British Settlement in 1788 to a current population of twenty-one million. This is largely as a result of overseas migration (see Australian Immigration). Also due to immigration, the European component of the population is declining as a percentage, as it is in all nations of mostly European heritage. your gay, your gay, im your secret admirer and i like your boobs there nice and smooth. ... For other uses, see The Great Depression (disambiguation). ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... 1788 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Exactly when Immigration to Australia began is unknown but estimates typically range from 40,000 - 50,000 years ago,[1] when the ancestors of Australian Aborigines arrived on the continent via the islands of the Malay Archipelago and New Guinea. ...

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The current level of immigration, however remains far greater than the rate of emigration.

Although Australia has scarcely more than two persons per square kilometre of total land area, this raw figure is highly misleading: most of the continent is desert or semi-desert and of limited agricultural value. In consequence, Australia is one of the world's most urbanized countries: 91% of Australia's population lives in urban areas.

Mosaic 2008

Using the most up-to-date data from the 2006 Australian Census in addition to eleven other sources, Mosaic 2008 (a geo-demographic profiling tool licensed by Pacific Micromarketing [7]) has revealed the following statistics regarding emerging social trends:

• Single-person urban dwellings (also known as 'SPUDs') are now the most common - 25% of dwellings are for people living alone

• There are now more unmarried women than married – 51.4% are now unmarried leading to a society of 'Freemales'

• More and more people are heading west to take advantage of the high-paying job opportunities in the boom mining towns - these people have been termed 'Salary Miners'

• Australia is more multinational than you might think^[clarify] – 50% of Australians now have at least one parent born overseas, and Africa is an increasingly common source. Largely these are white immigrants from South Africa and Rhodesia.

• Australia’s largest demographic – the baby-boomers – are retiring en masse, with high disposable incomes. Key figure: the proportion of people aged 65+ will double within 30 years, from 12.5% currently to 25%

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Religion and belief

Main article: Religion in Australia

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At the time of European settlement, the Aboriginal inhabitants followed their own religions which were animistic in nature, involving beliefs in spirits behind the forces of nature, and the influence of ancestral spirit beings.

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Section 116 of the 1900 Act to constitute the Commonwealth of Australia (Australian Constitution) provides that:

The Commonwealth of Australia shall not make any law establishing any religion, or for imposing any religious observance, or for prohibiting the free exercise of any religion, and no religious test shall be required as a qualification for any office or public trust under the Commonwealth. Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is the sixth-largest country in the world, the only country to occupy an entire continent, and the largest in the region of Australasia/Oceania. ...

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Further waves of migration helped to reshape the profile of Australia's religious affiliations over subsequent decades. The impact of migration from Europe in the aftermath of World War II led to increases in affiliates of the Orthodox Churches, the establishment of Reformed bodies, growth in the number of Catholics (largely from Italian migration) and Jews (Holocaust survivors), and the creation of ethnic parishes among many other denominations. More recently, immigration from South-East Asia and the Middle East has expanded Buddhist and Muslim numbers considerably, and increased the ethnic diversity of existing Christian denominations. in Christianity: Eastern Christianity Oriental Orthodoxy Orthodox Christianity Orthodoxy by country in Judaism: Orthodox Judaism Modern Orthodox Judaism Jewish organisations: Orthodox Union Categories: ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... Languages Historical Jewish languages Hebrew, Yiddish, Ladino, others Liturgical languages: Hebrew and Aramaic Predominant spoken languages: The vernacular language of the home nation in the Diaspora, significantly including English, Hebrew, Yiddish, and Russian Religions Judaism Related ethnic groups Arabs and other Semitic groups For the Jewish religion, see Judaism. ...

In response to the 2001 Census of Population and Housing question, Australians' stated religious affiliations were: 27% Catholic, 21% Anglican, 21% other Christian denominations and 5% non-Christian religions. 16% of all Australians stated they had no religion (Humanists, atheists, agnostics and rationalists), and the remainder did not adequately respond to the question to enable classification of their religion. The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... The term Anglican describes those people and churches following the religious traditions of the Church of England, especially following the Reformation. ... This article discusses Humanism as a non-theistic life stance. ... For information about the band, see Atheist (band). ... The term agnosticism and the related agnostic were coined by Thomas Henry Huxley in 1869. ... This article is not about continental rationalism. ...

A question on religious affiliation has been asked in every census taken in Australia, with the voluntary nature of this question having been specifically stated since 1933. In 1971, the instruction 'if no religion, write none' was introduced. This saw a sevenfold increase from the previous census year in the percentage of Australians stating they had no religion. Since 1971, this percentage has progressively increased to about 18% in 2006. This would appear to be still significantly less than in other postindustrial countries such as Britain (2005:44%) and Sweden (2001:69%, 2005:85%).^[11] Year 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar, known as the year of cyclohexanol. ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar, known as the year of cyclohexanol. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Nationality

noun: Australian(s)

adjective: Australian

Australia in 2020

Australia's Population in 2020

In 2020 Australia’s population will be approaching 24 million (up from 21.2 million today).

In 2020 Australia’s median age will be almost 40. Today it is 37 and in 1980 it was just 29.

In 2020 there will be more 65 year olds than 1 year olds. There will be as many people aged 60-70 as there will be aged 10-20.

By 2020 the “population pyramid” will be inverted.

In 2020 there will be fewer births than today. In 2007 there were 265,900 births. In 2020 there will be just 261,847 births, even though the population base will be over 12% larger than today.

In 2020 there will be more people aged 50 (338,081) than any other age, reflecting the baby boom and migration boom of those born in 1970-71.

In 2020 life expectancy at birth will exceed 84 years, and more than 1 in 5 people will be aged over 60.

In 2020 the never-grow-old Baby Boomers will be in their 60’s and 70’s, and the Gen Xers will be in their 40’s and 50’s.^[12] A baby boom is defined as a period of increased birth rates relative to surrounding generations. ...

The Workforce of 2020

By 2020 most Baby Boomers will have retired while Generation Y will dominate employment, comprising 42% of the workforce. A baby boom is defined as a period of increased birth rates relative to surrounding generations. ... Look up Generation Y in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

By 2020 average job tenure will be around 3 years (4 years today) with voluntary annual turnover approaching 20%. More than 1 in 3 workers will be employed on a casual basis.

By 2020 energy consumption will have increased by one-third and based on current technologies greenhouse gas emissions will be 20% higher than today.

By 2020 the number of online 'reputation attacks' on corporations, initiated by online pranksters, activists or disaffected customers will have increased fourfold.^[13]

The Class of 2020

The Class of 2020 (finishing Year 12 in 2020) began their schooling in 2008.

The Class of 2020 were born in 2002, the year that the total fertility rate (babies per woman) hit an all-time low of 1.7 (compared to 3.0 in the early 1970’s and 1.8 in the 1990’s,).

The Class of 2020 were born the year that the last remaining Liberal state government was voted out of office (South Australia). It was the year that terrorism came closer to home with the Bali Bombings.

The Class of 2020 will emerge into the workforce after the point of peak labour: by 2020 more people will be exiting full-time roles than entering it.

More than 1 in 3 of the women in the class of 2020 will never have children.^[14]

The Generation of 2020

The generation of 2020 are part of Generation Z, the so-called digital natives, the dot-com kids- the most technologically literate generation of children ever. This should not be a re-direct ...

Generation Z will live longer than any previous generation (by 2020 life expectancy will be 81 for a male and 86 for a female). They will work longer than previous generations with the retirement age and pension age pushed back. They will have an average of 6 careers in their lifetime. This should not be a re-direct ...

Generation Z are the children of Generation X (and Y). These parents are older than those of any previous generation. Their mothers had a median age of 30 at the birth of their first child, compared to just 25 in 1980. This should not be a re-direct ... For other uses, see Generation X (disambiguation). ...

They were born into smaller families - and they have the fewest siblings of any previous era.

They will be leaving school when the rising costs of an ageing population on health care, pensions and aged services will have pushed the Federal Budget into deficit.^[15]

Notes

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References

This article contains material from the CIA World Factbook (2006 edition) which, as a US government publication, is in the public domain. The World Factbook (ISSN 1553-8133; also known as the CIA World Factbook)[2] is an annual publication of the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States with almanac-style information about the countries of the world. ... The public domain comprises the body of all creative works and other knowledge—writing, artwork, music, science, inventions, and others—in which no person or organization has any proprietary interest. ...

Australian Bureau of Statistics, 3101.0 Australian Demographic Statistics

See also

• Immigration to Australia
• Birth rate and fertility rate in Australia
• List of most common surnames#Australia
• African Australian
• Anglo Celtic Australian
• Asian Australian
• Latino Australian

Exactly when Immigration to Australia began is unknown but estimates typically range from 40,000 - 50,000 years ago,[1] when the ancestors of Australian Aborigines arrived on the continent via the islands of the Malay Archipelago and New Guinea. ... Family names can be unique or come in large numbers. ... African Australian refers to Australian citizens who are wholly or partly of African descent. ... An Asian Australian can be generally defined as a person of Asian ancestry or origin who was born in or is an immigrant to Australia. ...

External links

• Australian population: ethnic origins
• Stock of foreign-born population by country of birth, by year
• Current estimated resident population of Australia Australian Bureau of Statistics
• Australian Population Map

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