1st Release
This variable contains the religion of a person. The answering of this question in the Census is voluntary.
Applicable to: All persons.
1: BUDDHISM
2: CHRISTIANITY
3: HINDUISM
4: ISLAM
5: JUDAISM
6: OTHER RELIGIONS
7: NO RELIGION
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 1 | BUDDHISM | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 101 | Buddhism | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 1011 | Buddhism
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![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2 | CHRISTIANITY | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 200 | Christian, nfd | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2000 | Christian, nfd | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2001 | Apostolic Church, so described
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![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 201 | Anglican | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2011 | Anglican
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![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 203 | Baptist | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2031 | Baptist | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 205 | Brethren | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2051 | Brethren
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![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 207 | Catholic | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2071 | Western Catholic | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2072 | Maronite Catholic | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2073 | Melkite Catholic | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2074 | Ukrainian Catholic | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2079 | Catholic, nec
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![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 211 | Churches of Christ | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2110 | Churches of Christ, nfd | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2111 | Churches of Christ (Conference) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2112 | Church of Christ (Non denominational) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2113 | International Church of Christ
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![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 213 | Jehovah's Witnesses | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2131 | Jehovah's Witnesses
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![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 215 | Latter Day Saints | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2150 | Church of Jesus Christ of LDS, nfd | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2151 | Church of Jesus Christ of LDS (Mormons) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2152 | Reorganised Church of Jesus Christ of LDS
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![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 217 | Lutheran | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2171 | Lutheran
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![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 221 | Oriental Christian | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2210 | Oriental Christian, nfd | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2211 | Ancient Church of the East | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2212 | Armenian Apostolic Church | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2213 | Assyrian Church of the East | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2214 | Coptic Orthodox Church | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2215 | Syrian (Jacobite) Church | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2219 | Oriental Christian, nec
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![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 223 | Orthodox | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2230 | Orthodox, nfd | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2231 | Albanian Orthodox | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2232 | Antiochian Orthodox | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2233 | Greek Orthodox | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2234 | Macedonian Orthodox | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2235 | Romanian Orthodox | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2236 | Russian Orthodox | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2237 | Serbian Orthodox | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2238 | Ukrainian Orthodox | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2239 | Orthodox, nec
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![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 225 | Presbyterian & Reformed | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2250 | Presbyterian & Reformed, nfd | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2251 | Presbyterian | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2252 | Reformed | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2253 | Free Reformed | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 227 | Salvation Army | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2271 | Salvation Army
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![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 231 | Seventh-day Adventist | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2311 | Seventh-day Adventist | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 233 | Uniting Church | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2331 | Uniting Church
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![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 240 | Pentecostal | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2400 | Pentecostal, nfd | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2401 | Apostolic Church (Australia) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2402 | Assemblies of God | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2403 | Bethesda Churches | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2404 | Christian City Church | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2405 | Christian Life Churches International | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2406 | Christian Outreach Centres | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2407 | Christian Revival Crusade | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2408 | Faith Churches | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2411 | Foursquare Gospel Church | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2412 | Full Gospel Church | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2413 | Revival Centres | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2414 | Rhema Family Church | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2415 | United Pentecostal | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2499 | Pentecostal, nec
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![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 280 | Other Protestant | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2800 | Other Protestant, nfd | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2801 | Aboriginal Evangelical Missions | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2802 | Born Again Christian | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2803 | Christian & Missionary Alliance | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2804 | Church of the Nazarene | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2805 | Congregational | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2806 | Ethnic Evangelical Churches | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2807 | Independent Evangelical Churches | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2808 | Wesleyan Methodist Church | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2899 | Other Protestant, nec
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![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 290 | Other Christian | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2901 | Apostolic Church of Queensland | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2902 | Christadelphians | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2903 | Christian Science | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2904 | Gnostic Christians | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2905 | Liberal Catholic Church | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2906 | New Apostolic Church | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2907 | New Churches (Swedenborgian) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2908 | Ratana (Maori) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2911 | Religious Science | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2912 | Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2913 | Temple Society | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2914 | Unitarian | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2915 | Worldwide Church of God | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2999 | Other Christian, nec
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![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 3 | HINDUISM | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 301 | Hinduism | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 3011 | Hinduism
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![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 4 | ISLAM | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 401 | Islam | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 4011 | Islam
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![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 5 | JUDAISM | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 501 | Judaism | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 5011 | Judaism
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![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 6 | OTHER RELIGIONS | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 601 | Australian Aboriginal Traditional Religions | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 6011 | Australian Aboriginal Traditional Religions
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![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 603 | Baha'i | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 6031 | Baha'i
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![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 605 | Chinese Religions | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 6050 | Chinese Religions, nfd | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 6051 | Ancestor Veneration | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 6052 | Confucianism | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 6053 | Taoism
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![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 607 | Druse | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 6071 | Druse
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![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 611 | Japanese Religions | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 6110 | Japanese Religions, nfd | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 6111 | Shinto | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 6112 | Sukyo Mahikari | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 6113 | Tenrikyo
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![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 613 | Nature Religions | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 6130 | Nature Religions, nfd | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 6131 | Animism | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 6132 | Druidism | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 6133 | Paganism | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 6134 | Pantheism | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 6135 | Wiccan/Witchcraft | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 6139 | Nature Religions, nec
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![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 615 | Sikhism | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 6151 | Sikhism
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![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 617 | Spiritualism | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 6171 | Spiritualism
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![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 621 | Theism, nec | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 6211 | Theism, nec
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![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 623 | Zoroastrianism | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 6231 | Zoroastrianism
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![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 699 | Miscellaneous Religions | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 6991 | Caodaism | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 6992 | Church of Scientology | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 6993 | Eckankar | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 6994 | Rastafarianism | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 6995 | Satanism | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 6996 | Theosophy | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 6999 | Religious Groups, nec
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![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 7 | NO RELIGION | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 701 | No Religion | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 7010 | No Religion, nfd | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 7011 | Agnosticism | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 7012 | Atheism | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 7013 | Humanism | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 7014 | Rationalism
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![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | SUPPLEMENTARY CODES | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 0002 | Religious belief, nfd | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 0003 | Inadequately described | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | &&&& | Not stated | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | VVVV | Overseas visitor | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
Total number of categories: 124