Multiple analyses report a shift in Australia’s religious affiliation patterns among younger people. For decades, women have been more likely than men to identify as religious, a trend reflected across earlier generations. However, recent data indicate that Gen Z is an exception: men in this age group report higher levels of religiosity than women. The SBS report describes this as the first instance in historical records where men are more religious than women, noting that religious affiliation has generally been declining over recent decades while a new gender divide is emerging within Gen Z. The Conversation similarly highlights that, although women have typically been more religious than men for roughly the last century, charts for Gen Z show men surpassing women. Both accounts frame the change as a reversal of the long-standing pattern rather than a sudden overall rise in religion. Instead, they emphasize that the overall downward trend continues for many people, while the relative difference between men and women becomes notably different among the youngest cohort.