Census shows majority of overseas-born Australians now Asian

Tales of the 2016 census

Tales of the 2016 census Source: AAP

The Australian Bureau of Statistics has released the results of the 2016 census, revealing an Australia that is bigger, older, more diverse, less religious and becoming more Asian. The Bureau is boasting that 95 per cent of households completed the census, despite concerns over privacy and a huge crash that took down the online system for days. Aaron reports.



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