Question: are there still nuns in australia?
Answer: There were 4765 nuns in Australia last year compared with 12,619 in 1976 and a peak of 14,622 in 1966. In 1901, there were 3622. ... There are eight now, but those numbers are rare in Catholic schools where few nuns are teachers or principals. In 1976, 48 per cent of nuns were in education; now it is 12 per cent.