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Demography of Muslims in Australia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Farhat Yusuf
Farhat Yusuf
Affiliation:
School of Economic and Financial Studies, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
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Summary

This paper describes the origins and size of the Muslim population in Australia, at present about 1% of the total population. Their age distribution is younger and their sociodemographic characteristics are different from those of the rest of the Australian population.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 22 , Issue 1 , January 1990 , pp. 77 - 84
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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