E/CN.4/1998/6/Add.1 page 8 1981 Religion ('000) 1986 % 1991 ('000) % ('000) % Non-Christian Muslim 76.8 0.5 109.5 0.7 147.5 0.9 Buddhist 35.1 0.2 80.4 0.5 139.8 0.8 Jewish 62.1 0.4 69.1 0.4 74.2 0.4 - 21.5 0.1 43.6 0.3 - Hindu e/ Other non-Christian 23.6 0.2 35.7 0.2 40.0 0.2 Total non-Christian 197.6 1.4 316.2 2.0 445.0 2.6 Non-theistic n.a n.a 4.9 0.0 n.a n.a Inadequately described 73.5 0.5 58.0 0.4 49.8 0.3 No religion (so described) 1 576.7 10.8 1 977.5 12.7 2 176.6 12.9 Not stated 1 595.2 10.9 1 863.6 11.9 1 712.3 10.2 Total other 3 245.4 22.3 3 904.0 25.0 3 938.7 23.4 14 576.3 100.0 15 602.2 100.0 16 850.2 100.0 Other TOTAL Source: a/ Australian Bureau of Statistics, 1988a, p. 19; ABS 1991 Census. Roman Catholics and Catholics (non-Roman). b/ The Uniting Church was formed in 1977 from the Methodist, Congregational and part of the Presbyterian Churches. c/ People who responded Methodist in 1986 were coded to Uniting. d/ Included in Other Christian in 1981. e/ Included in Other Non-Christian in 1981. 28. In terms of numbers of believers, the Christian religion is the majority religion. Within this dominant religion, Anglicans and Catholics are the largest religious communities. However, things recently changed, since the Anglicans were the largest religious group until the 1980s, but, during that time, the Catholics moved into first place as a result of an immigration