Census Data

Poole Town: Religion (detailed)

Location Type: Electoral Wards/Divisions, ONS Geographic Code: E05012674

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Key Facts

All Residents 12,672
Male 6,059
Female 6,611
Households 6,093
Population Density (people/km2) 3,945.6
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 12,671
Christian 5,979
Buddhist 95
Hindu 126
Jewish 21
Muslim 231
Sikh 7
No religion 5,299
No religion: Agnostic 11
No religion: Atheist 6
No religion: Free Thinker 0
No religion: Humanist 3
No religion: No religion 5,279
No religion: Realist 0
Other religion 88
Other religion: Alevi 2
Other religion: Animism 0
Other religion: Baha'i 0
Other religion: Believe in God 2
Other religion: Brahma Kumari 0
Other religion: Chinese Religion 0
Other religion: Church of All Religion 0
Other religion: Confucianist 0
Other religion: Deist 1
Other religion: Druid 1
Other religion: Druze 0
Other religion: Eckankar 0
Other religion: Heathen 1
Other religion: Jain 0
Other religion: Mixed Religion 2
Other religion: Mysticism 0
Other religion: Native American Church 0
Other religion: New Age 0
Other religion: Occult 0
Other religion: Other religions 19
Other religion: Own Belief System 0
Other religion: Pagan 26
Other religion: Pantheism 0
Other religion: Rastafarian 0
Other religion: Ravidassia 0
Other religion: Reconstructionist 1
Other religion: Satanism 0
Other religion: Scientology 3
Other religion: Shamanism 1
Other religion: Shintoism 0
Other religion: Spiritual 8
Other religion: Spiritualist 15
Other religion: Taoist 0
Other religion: Theism 0
Other religion: Thelemite 0
Other religion: Traditional African Religion 0
Other religion: Unification Church 0
Other religion: Universalist 1
Other religion: Valmiki 0
Other religion: Vodun 1
Other religion: Wicca 3
Other religion: Witchcraft 0
Other religion: Yazidi 0
Other religion: Zoroastrian 1
Religion not stated 825

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