If you’ve been doubting the religious tenets you were told to believe and have reached the point of no return, you can mark the shift at this year's Census. Accurately reflect your new affiliation by marking ‘No religion’. Find out more: censusnotreligious.org.au #Census26 #NotReligious

Author and commentator @janecaro.bsky.social has thrown her support behind our campaign, urging Australians to tick the ‘No religion’ box on the Census “if it’s the truth for you”. Find out more: censusnotreligious.org.au #Census26 #NotReligious #Census2026

Andrew Denton reminds Australians to be mindful that the Census question about religious affiliation – ‘What is the person’s religion?’ – automatically presumes everyone is religious. Watch his full video on our website: censusnotreligious.org.au/2026/08/01/a... #Census26 #NotReligious

As we grow and change, so do our beliefs. Every five years, the Census asks about your current relationship with religion. If your beliefs have changed, your answer can too. Find out more: censusnotreligious.org.au #Census26 #NotReligious #Census2026

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 Census

Australians should be free to record their own beliefs, identity and conscience without someone else answering the Census on their behalf.

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As 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-religious

A commissioned poll found that simply rewording the religion question in a more honest way pushed "No religion" from 43% to 54%

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Johanna 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

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Fix the Census question on religion so we can all rely on accurate data

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The 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 finds

Ahead of the census in August, campaign group suggests current poll design overstates the nation’s religiousness

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Census data shapes how schools, hospitals and community services are planned and funded. Inaccurate answers distort that picture. If you're not religious, marking 'No religion' helps keep it fair. Find out more: censusnotreligious.org.au #Census26 #NotReligious

Franciscus was born into religion. But, during a career as a musician and children's entertainer, he began to doubt. Eventually, he “stood on the rock of doubt and fell off”. Share your Census story: censusnotreligious.org.au/share-your-story #MyCensusStory #Census26 #NotReligious

If you were raised in a particular religion as a kid but have since made up your own mind, this year's Census provides an opportunity to answer how you wish. Have your say at Census time and mark 'No religion'. Find out more: censusnotreligious.org.au #Census26 #NotReligious

When Jason first completed the #Census by himself, he thought the religion question was asking about his family heritage or the religion he was baptised as. At this year's Census, he won't be making that mistake again. Find out more: censusnotreligious.org.au #Census26 #NotReligious

If you’re not sure about your religious or spiritual identity, or how to best answer the religion question at this year's Census, spend a couple of minutes taking this simple quiz. 👉 discover.censusnotreligious.org.au #Census26 #notreligious

This was among the comments that our spokesperson, Michael Dove, made in the latest edition of The Saturday Paper regarding the decision to re-use the flawed religion question for this year’s Census. Find out more: censusnotreligious.org.au/news #Census26 #NotReligious