NEW ZEALAND: Age of Anglicans impacts census statistics
Last New Zealand census there were 41,000 Anglicans over the age of 80
By PETER LINEHAM
Anglican Taonga
http://www.anglicannews.org/news/2013/12/age-of-anglicans-impacts-census-statistics.aspx
December 12, 2013
Anglican affiliation has declined 17 percent - from 554,925 to 459,771 - over the past seven years, according the latest census.
Partly this is because the average age of Anglicans is very high.
Last census there were 41,000 Anglicans over the age of 80, only slightly less than those under 10. But this still means that many Anglicans in 2006 have changed their affiliation since then - probably to "none".
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
Last New Zealand census there were 41,000 Anglicans over the age of 80
By PETER LINEHAM
Anglican Taonga
http://www.anglicannews.org/news/2013/12/age-of-anglicans-impacts-census-statistics.aspx
December 12, 2013
Anglican affiliation has declined 17 percent - from 554,925 to 459,771 - over the past seven years, according the latest census.
Partly this is because the average age of Anglicans is very high.
Last census there were 41,000 Anglicans over the age of 80, only slightly less than those under 10. But this still means that many Anglicans in 2006 have changed their affiliation since then - probably to "none".
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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