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A census has been held in the UK every 10 years since 1801, apart from 1941. Over the decades they have become increasingly detailed, some would say intrusive. Once a means of establishing the size of the population, where it lived and what it did, it now asks questions about nationality, ethnicity and sexuality.
Most foreigners do not state their faith.
The latest revised data challenge the popular narrative about a population renaissance for regional Australia and for states and territories that were losing residents to other parts of the country.
Shah was speaking at the inauguration of the new Census building in Delhi.
Various statistics for Causeway Coast and Glens, Mid Ulster and Derry City and Strabane have been revealed