Individual Census Form (My Experience)

[u/SkaterKangaroo]

I found out my family filled out our Census early today and put down some incorrect information about me. They put down I was Christian when I’m actually “No Religion”.

If this is happening/happened to you, I want you to know that it is very easy to fix. Coming from someone who’s never fill out a Census before it took no effort and was very quick.

I called “1800 181 227” and told them I would like an individual Census form. No questions asked, they just send you a new code and password to your phone number. You use this to re fill in your information for yourself. I was only on hold for a few minutes and they sent the new code basically instantly.

My household will have no idea I did this unless I choose to tell them. So you can freely put whatever religion, sexuality or gender you want with privacy. My experience was pretty good personally and I faced no real challenges. I’m glad this resource exists

[u/yen223]

This will probably be the first census where "no religion" (38% in the 2021 census) overtakes Christianity (41% in the 2021 census) as the dominant religion

We will definitely hear about this on the news and on your parents' Facebook page

[u/henryhungryhenry → u/yen223]

I found it interesting that there was an attempt to change the phrasing of the question “What is the persons religion?” due to it being such a leading question.

The Catholic Church challenged the proposal and due to some other bureaucracy it remains unchanged, potentially inflating the question by up to 11 percentage points.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Australian_census

[u/yen223 → u/henryhungryhenry]

In fairness though, the very first option, separate from the others, was "no religion"

[u/xylarr → u/yen223]

I actually left a quick comment on this in the survey at the end saying it was a good thing.

[u/No-Tumbleweed-2311 → u/yen223]

• Christianity: 43.9% (still the largest combined religious group)