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Census shows drop in number of Jews in Australia

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cr: Newscorp Australia

Published: 27 June 2017

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Number of Australians identifying as Jews for census purposes has dropped from 97,336 [0.5%] in 2011 to 91,000 [0.4%] in 2016.



But Jewish demographers have long believed the unofficial number of Jews to be higher than the official census figures for several reasons - see here for example on the 2011 census figures.

And see: ‘No religion’ tops religion question in Census – News.com.au 27.06.17

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