Census Data

Wigan Central: Religion (detailed)

Location Type: Middle layer Super Output Areas, ONS Geographic Code: E02001294

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Key Facts

All Residents 7,998
Male 4,035
Female 3,963
Households 3,681
Population Density (people/km2) 4,700.0
Table Codets031
Issued2022-11-29
Unit of MeasurePerson
Number of Response Options58

This dataset provides Census 2021 estimates that classify usual residents in England and Wales by religion. The estimates are as at Census Day, 21 March 2021.

Summary

The religion people connect or identify with (their religious affiliation), whether or not they practice or have belief in it.

This question was voluntary and the variable includes people who answered the question, including ‘No Religion’, alongside those who chose not to answer this question.

This variable classifies responses into the eight tick-box response options. Write-in responses are classified by their "parent" religious affiliation, including "No Religion", where applicable.

Religion (detailed): Total: All Usual Residents 8,000
Christian 5,013
Buddhist 39
Hindu 28
Jewish 0
Muslim 141
Sikh 3
No religion 2,361
No religion: Agnostic 7
No religion: Atheist 0
No religion: Free Thinker 0
No religion: Humanist 3
No religion: No religion 2,351
No religion: Realist 0
Other religion 55
Other religion: Alevi 0
Other religion: Animism 0
Other religion: Baha'i 0
Other religion: Believe in God 1
Other religion: Brahma Kumari 0
Other religion: Chinese Religion 0
Other religion: Church of All Religion 0
Other religion: Confucianist 0
Other religion: Deist 0
Other religion: Druid 0
Other religion: Druze 0
Other religion: Eckankar 0
Other religion: Heathen 3
Other religion: Jain 0
Other religion: Mixed Religion 1
Other religion: Mysticism 0
Other religion: Native American Church 0
Other religion: New Age 0
Other religion: Occult 0
Other religion: Other religions 11
Other religion: Own Belief System 2
Other religion: Pagan 25
Other religion: Pantheism 1
Other religion: Rastafarian 1
Other religion: Ravidassia 0
Other religion: Reconstructionist 1
Other religion: Satanism 2
Other religion: Scientology 0
Other religion: Shamanism 0
Other religion: Shintoism 0
Other religion: Spiritual 1
Other religion: Spiritualist 5
Other religion: Taoist 1
Other religion: Theism 0
Other religion: Thelemite 0
Other religion: Traditional African Religion 0
Other religion: Unification Church 0
Other religion: Universalist 0
Other religion: Valmiki 0
Other religion: Vodun 0
Other religion: Wicca 0
Other religion: Witchcraft 0
Other religion: Yazidi 0
Other religion: Zoroastrian 0
Religion not stated 360

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