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What does “the average Australian” look like? After every census, this is one of the questions people like to see answered.

For the first time, the population of capital cities has declined, with Covid the final straw for many to move to the regions

As a result, the Culture and Business Scotland Fund has been closed for 2022/23

Australian Bureau of Statistics chief statistician David Gruen says gender identity and sexuality questions will again be reconsidered for the 2026 Census after the previous federal government directed the ABS not to include the questions in last year’s national survey.

The census tells us a lot about who we are as a city, and how Canberrans have changed. So who is the typical Canberran?

Neoliberal ideas like ‘crowding out’ impede serious public debate about fiscal policy.

Australia has become more diverse in the past five years, with new official data revealing soaring migration and far fewer people identifying as Christian.

The Hunter is growing faster than expected but remains sicker, less religious and far less culturally diverse than the Australian average.

On paper, Robinvale is home to 3,740 people. But an independent study funded by the council found the actual number is closer to 8,000. Local officials say the discrepancy is putting people at risk.

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Australia looks very different from five years ago: There are as many millennials as baby boomers, there are more than one million single-parent families and there has been an "unexpected" move to high-rise living. Here's what the latest census data tells us.