At the 2026 Census in August, you’ll be asked to indicate whether you have a religion. If you no longer see yourself as religious, it’s important that you reflect this accurately in your answer by marking 'No Religion'. Visit: censusnotreligious.org.au
In a message for our campaign, media personality and assisted dying advocate Andrew Denton speaks about the importance of helping to deliver more accurate Census data for the religion question. Watch his full video on our website: censusnotreligious.org.au/2026/08/01/a... #Census26 #NotReligious
The Australian Bureau of Statistics has itself acknowledged that the #religion question used in the Census “may lead respondents to a particular response”. But you don’t have to be tricked by the leading nature of the question. Find out more: censusnotreligious.org.au #Census26 #NotReligious
On the Independent Australia website, Johanna Browne writes about the importance of a private, separate form for people living in high-control religious households. Read the article: independentaustralia.net/politics/pol... #Census26 #NotReligious
Why Australians need the right to answer their own CensusAustralians should be free to record their own beliefs, identity and conscience without someone else answering the Census on their behalf.independentaustralia.netAs Sherrie from Recovering from Religion Australia explains, many people live in environments where they do not feel safe expressing their true religious beliefs. Such people can access a separate Census form. More: censusnotreligious.org.au/separate-cen... #MyCensusStory #Census26 #NotReligious
If you're not religious and you decide not to answer the religion question, you will be helping to contribute to the under-counting of the non-religious population. And this leads to the continued privileging of religion in society. Find out more: censusnotreligious.org.au #Census26 #NotReligious
Even if religion were a core part of your identity in the past – as it was for Keiran, who trained to become a Catholic monk – you should mark ‘No religion’ on the Census if you no longer think of yourself as religious. Find out more: censusnotreligious.org.au #MyCensusStory #Census26 #NotReligious
Surveys show Australia is less religious than the Census suggests — but it's the Census that shapes policy and funding. If you're not religious, marking 'No religion' helps build the real picture: censusnotreligious.org.au #Census26 #NotReligious #Census2026
If you consider yourself to be spiritual in some way but not religious, then it’s important that you mark ‘No religion’ when you’re responding to the religion question on this year’s Census. Find out more: censusnotreligious.org.au #Census26 #NotReligious #SBNR
It's common for people to grow out of a religious tradition and reject its beliefs while continuing to celebrate its culture. If you no longer accept the beliefs or no longer think of yourself as religious, mark 'No religion' on the Census. More: censusnotreligious.org.au #Census26 #NotReligious
Our campaign spokesperson Michael Dove encourages people who don’t want someone else answering the Census religion question on their behalf to access the private form through the Bureau of Statistics. Find out more: censusnotreligious.org.au/separate-cen... #MyCensusStory #Census26 #NotReligious
The Friendly Atheist podcast in the US has reported on the results of the survey commissioned by our campaign, showing that the leading question used in the Census significantly undercounts Australia’s non-religious population: www.friendlyatheist.com/p/new-survey... #Census26 #NotReligious
New survey suggests Australia's Census may dramatically undercount the non-religiousA commissioned poll found that simply rewording the religion question in a more honest way pushed "No religion" from 43% to 54%www.friendlyatheist.comJohanna knows first-hand that it can be unsafe for people living in religious households to state their true beliefs in response to the Census religion question. Find out more about accessing the private form: censusnotreligious.org.au/separate-cen... #MyCensusStory #Census26 #NotReligious
Everyone has a fundamental right to decide for themselves whether they're religious. If you'll be completing the Census form on behalf of children or teenagers, let them exercise that right by answering the religion question for themselves. More: censusnotreligious.org.au #Census26 #NotReligious
Just because your family went to a particular church, mosque, synagogue or temple when you were a kid, it doesn't mean you need to continue reflecting this when you answer the Census religion question now. Find out more: censusnotreligious.org.au #Census26 #NotReligious #Census2026
Until 11:59 pm on Monday 3 August, every contribution to our campaign will be matched, dollar for dollar. The Rationalist Society of Australia has generously offered to match contributions (up to a total of $5,000). Contribute here: censusnotreligious.org.au/donate/ #Census26 #NotReligious
As someone who left a high-control religious group, Sherrie knows that the Census can be an opportunity for many people who have lived in silence to finally have their voices heard on the matter of religious affiliation. Find out more: censusnotreligious.org.au #MyCensusStory #Census26 #NotReligious
If you agree that the Australian Bureau of Statistics should stop using a leading question about religious affiliation at future Censuses, then add your name to our new petition! Sign here: www.change.org/p/fix-the-ce... #Census26 #notreligious #auspol
Sign the PetitionFix the Census question on religion so we can all rely on accurate datawww.change.orgThe leading nature of the Census religion question undercounts the non-religious population by more than 10 percentage points, reveals a new survey commissioned by our campaign. Read our article and download the full report: censusnotreligious.org.au/2026/07/14/n... #Census26 #NotReligious
Hanney knows what it is like to leave the religion in which one was brought up. The host of the ‘Critical Faculty’ podcast speaks about the importance of accurately reflecting your current beliefs in the Census. Find out more: censusnotreligious.org.au #Census26 #NotReligious
The Guardian reports that a new poll commissioned by our campaign confirms that the question used in the Census overstates Australia's religiosity — by more than 10 per cent. #Census26 #NotReligious www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Losing our religion? Australia would no longer be majority religious if format of census question changed, survey findsAhead of the census in August, campaign group suggests current poll design overstates the nation’s religiousnesswww.theguardian.com