australian census - no land for white man left edition

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The results of Australia's 2016 census have been released, and they paint a clear picture of a country in the midst of change.
The 2016 census found that 40% of the overseas-born population were born in Asia, marking the first time more people have come from there than Europe.
In 2001, just 24% of those born overseas came from Asia.
In comparison, the proportion born in Europe decreased from 52% in 2001 to 34% in 2016.
In total, migrants born in China, India, the Philippines, Vietnam and Malaysia now outnumber those born in Europe and New Zealand.
For the first time, more Australians (29.6%) said they had "no religion" than any other specific affiliation, up from 16% in 2001.
This was followed by Catholic (22.6%), Anglican (13.3%), none stated (9.6%), the Uniting Church (3.7%), Muslim (2.6%), Buddhist (2.4%), Hindu (1.9%), Other (0.8%), Sikh (0.5%) and Jewish (0.4%).
The total number increased by more than 100,000 people, or 18% - from 548,368 in 2011 to 649,171 in 2016.
More than one in five Australians (22.2%) speak a language at home that is not English. The most common one is Mandarin (2.5%), followed by Arabic (1.4%) , Cantonese (1.2%), Vietnamese (1.2%) and Italian (1.2%).

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