<P> Religion in Australia as declared in the census (2016) </P> <P> Religion in Australia is diverse . Section 116 of the Constitution of Australia of 1901 prohibits the Commonwealth government from establishing a church or interfering with the freedom of religion . In an optional question on the 2016 Census, 52.1% of the Australian population declared some variety of Christianity . Historically the percentage was far higher; now, the religious landscape of Australia is changing and diversifying . In 2016, 30.1% of Australians stated "no religion" and a further 9.6% chose not to answer the question . Other faiths include Muslims (2.6%), Buddhists (2.4%), Hindus (1.9%), Sikhs (0.5%), and Jews (0.4%). </P> <P> Australia's Aboriginal people developed the animist spirituality of the Dreaming and some of the earliest evidence on earth for religious practices among humans has been found in the archaeological record of their ancestors . Torres Strait Islander religion bore similarities to broader Melanesian spirituality . The general isolation of indigenous Australian religion ended with the arrival of the first British settlers in 1788, whereafter subsequent immigrants and their descendants have been predominantly Christian . </P>

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