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Australia’s population more than doubled in 50 years: Census

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According to national census data released on Tuesday, Australia’s population has more than doubled in the last 50 years.

According to the Xinhua news agency, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) published the results of the 2021 census, which was conducted on August 10, last year.

It discovered that there were 25,422,788 people living in Australia at the time of the census, an 8.6 percent increase over the 2016 census and a 103.4 percent increase over the 12,493,001 counted in the 1971 census.

Between 2017 and 2021, more than 1 million people moved to Australia from other countries, with more than 20% coming from India.

In 2021, more than half of Australian residents were born abroad or had at least one parent born abroad.

From 2016 to 2017, the number of Australians who reported speaking a language other than English at home increased by about 800,000 to more than 5.5 million.

Mandarin remains the most commonly used language other than English at home, with 685,274 people reporting using it at home.

In 2021, there were 812,728 people in Australia who identified as Indigenous, a more than 25% increase from 2016.

More than 8 million people reported having long-term health problems, with mental health issues, arthritis, and asthma being the most common.

According to statistician David Gruen, this is the first time the census has collected health data.

“This is critical data to inform planning and service delivery decisions about how treatment and care is provided for all Australians,” he said in a statement.

“Census data complements existing ABS health surveys by providing additional insights about the communities that require services to support complex health needs.”

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