Religion in Australia
Hugh Mackay (he's getting a good run today!) noted in an article in the Sydney Morning Herald today (22 Dec 2001, News review, p. 14) that there are 200,000 Muslims, 80,000 Jews and 13,000,000 Christians in Australia. I chased up the census details. See the relevant page in Australia Now from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The 1996 census showed major religious groupings as: 27% Catholic, 22% Anglican, 16% no religion, 9% not stated, 7.5% Uniting Church, and so on. Muslims are the largest non-Christian community at 1.1%, and Jews at 0.4%.
22 December 2001
Indian software professionals in US
I guess this means programmers, and I find this hard to believe, but here's the quote: "About 26-28 per cent of software professionals working in the United States are from Andra Pradesh." Andra Pradesh is a state or province in India. I hear that the Indians are well known for cheap and competent programming, and also that Microsoft and others are taking up the opportunity of using their services, but I find the 26-28% figure astounding none-the-less. Source: Asia Pacific Information and Communication Technology (APIC), Nov 2001, p. 31.
I guess this means programmers, and I find this hard to believe, but here's the quote: "About 26-28 per cent of software professionals working in the United States are from Andra Pradesh." Andra Pradesh is a state or province in India. I hear that the Indians are well known for cheap and competent programming, and also that Microsoft and others are taking up the opportunity of using their services, but I find the 26-28% figure astounding none-the-less. Source: Asia Pacific Information and Communication Technology (APIC), Nov 2001, p. 31.
Poverty in Australia
Hugh Mackay in the article cited below also quotes ACOSS (for non-Australians, that's Australian Council of Social Services, a peak body promoting social welfare issues). "ACOSS estimates that about 2 million Australians could be classified as 'poor'; about 30 per cent of households have a combined annual household income of less that $20,000". Perhaps not poor in an international sense, but relevant in the environment of modern western societies.
Hugh Mackay in the article cited below also quotes ACOSS (for non-Australians, that's Australian Council of Social Services, a peak body promoting social welfare issues). "ACOSS estimates that about 2 million Australians could be classified as 'poor'; about 30 per cent of households have a combined annual household income of less that $20,000". Perhaps not poor in an international sense, but relevant in the environment of modern western societies.
Single person households
Hugh Mackay says that "by 2006, the single-person household will be the most common household type in Australia". How's this for social change since the 50s? Source is an article on the Australian Financial Review's online site called "Boss". http://boss.afr.com.au/seminars/2001/11/15/FFXXAALE1UC.html.
Hugh Mackay says that "by 2006, the single-person household will be the most common household type in Australia". How's this for social change since the 50s? Source is an article on the Australian Financial Review's online site called "Boss". http://boss.afr.com.au/seminars/2001/11/15/FFXXAALE1UC.html.
Welcome
This Blogging is fascinating stuff. I'm looking forward to using it. Hopefully I'll publish various tidbits that I've been discovering over time, esp statistical info relevant to Australian politics and society, and perhaps international politics, which seem to me to break the spin that we get lumped with so often. Break the spin? I can dream, can't I?
This Blogging is fascinating stuff. I'm looking forward to using it. Hopefully I'll publish various tidbits that I've been discovering over time, esp statistical info relevant to Australian politics and society, and perhaps international politics, which seem to me to break the spin that we get lumped with so often. Break the spin? I can dream, can't I?
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