How Australia's changing

How Australia's changing results of Australia's latest population survey officially called a census show. Many changes in our profile since national statistics were last published in 2017. The information is collected by the Australian Bureau of Statistics every five years and it's made public about 12 months later. The latest data shows that the millennial generation 25 to 39 years old will soon be larger than the baby boomers. 55 to 74 each with over 5.4 million people and a 21.5 per cent of the total population of almost 25.5 million twice that of 50 years ago. Generation X 40 to 54 was the third biggest group at over 19 per cent. The typical Australian millennial today is a woman in her late thirties with a partner and Children living in their own home with an income of $150,000 100,000 euros per year. In comparison, average annual earnings in Australia are $90,790. Almost half of millennials are not religious and many live in high rise apartments, not houses for the first time Australia has more than a million single parent, 80 per cent mum only families. And in answer to a new question in the survey, two million Australians said they had long term health problems including mental illness. Nearly half of Australians have at least one parent born overseas while one quarter were born internationally. India is now the third largest country of birth behind Australia and the UK and of non English languages spoken by family members. Punjabi had the biggest increase. Mandarin though is still the most common foreign language used at home, followed by Arabic, Vietnamese and Cantonese. Similarly, the top five non-christian religions are Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism and Judaism. Christianity is the most widely professed religion in Australia, but with 44 per cent active followers, the number of believers is decreasing. Almost as many people said they had no religion. 100 years ago, 97 per cent of Australians identified as Christian 50 years ago, 86 per cent philosophers and serious religious writers agree that the age of reason starting in 16 85 helped put the desires of individuals above all else. We wanted science, evidence and logic to explain the universe, not the mystery of a higher power. Some things however, haven't changed. Almost 80% of the population live in the eastern states where Sydney is still the biggest city. 5.2 million, two thirds of Australians live in capital cities and one third in the regions and small towns and significantly in the digital age, 96% of homes completed the population survey eight out of 10 electronically. Yeah.