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Religious Population Clocks

These clocks are based on statistics from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. They reflect the growth figures between the 1996 (6th August 1996) and 2001 (6th August 2001) population censii for Australian churches and other religions. As such they will only be as accurate as the trend shown by those two points. However they give us something to think about. All times are shown in day:hour:minute format. The Australian Population clock is based on the ABS population clock.

Because we need to be thinking in terms of how well the christian church is doing in comparison with other religions, I have included clocks for the other religions covered in the Census.

(Please note there is a bug in some browsers which cause the individual clock display to be scrambled. If you find this bug, try using the page down/up key instead of the scroll bar)

Summary Clocks:

Australian Population The ABS estimates a gain of 1 member of population per 0:2:35(h:m:s)

Christians in Australia Gained 1.47% over 4 years
1 member every 0:12:25(h:m:s)

Other Religions in Australia Gained 41.8% over 4 years
1 member every 0:7:10(h:m:s)

Non religious in Australia Gained 11.9% over 4 years
1 member every 0:3:53(h:m:s)

Christian Denominations

Anglican Lost 0.57% over 4 years.
1 member every 1:34:56(h:m:s)

Baptist Gained 4.74% over 4 years.
1 member every 2:29:51(h:m:s)

Catholic Gained 4.2% over 4 years.
1 member every 0:10:21(h:m:s)

Churches of Christ Lost 18.3% over 4 years.
1 member every 2:33:08(h:m:s)

Lutheran Gained 0.16% over 4 years.
1 member every 3:15:25:11 (d:h:m:s)

Orthodox Gained 6.5% over 4 years.
1 member every 1:4:45(h:m:s)

Pentecostal Gained 11:4% over 4 years.
1 member every 1:45:25(h:m:s)

Presbyterian/Reformed Lost 5.6% over 4 years.
1 member every 0:55:12(h:m:s)

Salvation Army Lost 3.6% over 4 years.
1 member every 12:57:4(h:m:s)

Uniting Church Lost 6.46% over 4 years.
1 member every 0:24:20(h:m:s)

Other Christian Gained 18.4% over 4 years.
1 member every 0:27:8(h:m:s)

Other Religions:

Buddhism Gained 79.08% over 4 years.
1 members every 0:13:16(h:m:s)

Hinduism Gained 41.9% over 4 years.
1 member every 1:14:23(h:m:s)

Islam Gained 40.2% over 4 years.
1 member every 0:25:59(h:m:s)

Judaism Gained 5.3% over 4 years.
1 member every 8:19:32(h:m:s)

Jehovah Witness Lost 2.76% over 4 years.
1 member every 15:12:12(h:m:s)

Other Religions Gained 34.69% over 4 years.
1 member every 1:28:9(h:m:s)

No Religion and Not Stated:

No Religion Lost 1.5% over 4 years.
1 member every 0:48:54(h:m:s)

Not Stated Gained 36.3% over 4 years.
1 member every 0:3:35(h:m:s)