Australian Bureau of Statistics 1266.0 - Australian Standard
Classification of Religious Groups, 2011 Latest ISSUE Released
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conceptual considerations for developing the classification were
tempered by other considerations including: Generally, the
classification criteria were applied in a straightforward
manner. However, some decisions in regard to the identification
of religious groups and the progressive grouping of units were
made on the basis of whether it would be possible to collect
data in relation to certain religious sub-sets or whether data
for particular religions would be more useful if classified in a
broader or finer manner. These decisions were made in
consultation with religious and ethnic communities, religious
experts and users of religion data. The effect of these
constraints on the classification has been that: The most
notable effect has been in the large number of narrow