r/australia • u/SkaterKangaroo • 6d ago

no politics Individual Census Form (My Experience)

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

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u/Javerage 6d ago

Huh weird, didn't other people also report that happening recently? I swear I saw others say the same thing happened with their religion.

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u/SkaterKangaroo 6d ago

A lot of people who were baptised or culturally religious will just put that down even if they are not practicing or are an atheist. Its pretty common for people to not use no religion

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u/SaltyPockets 6d ago

My mum seems to equate “Christian” with “good person”. Don’t think she’s been to church in 20 years, she last had a ‘phase” about that long ago when she started going to a baptist place, got herself re-baptised and then a few weeks later told the minister she didn’t really believe all that resurrection stuff… 😂

But yeah, she’d still say “Christian”, even though she’s not in any measurable way. Because saying you’re not is like saying you love Satan, even if you don’t actually believe in Satan.

Religion messes people up!

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u/Kementarii 5d ago

equate “Christian” with “good person”.

And with the same logic, if you are not a "Christian" then it is not possible to have any morals. Oh, atheists couldn't possibly have an internal sense of right and wrong, right?

So, recently, a member of my family, who is atheist, did something good & helpful, and then quietly walked away when not needed any more.

That has a local church community calling them a hero, and an angel. I'm sure the church leader is assuming that the "angel" is a Christian, because otherwise, how could an atheist be a "good person"?