Census Data

Nelson: Religion (detailed)

Location Type: Electoral Wards/Divisions, ONS Geographic Code: E05012908

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Key Facts

All Residents 10,435
Male 5,080
Female 5,355
Households 4,855
Population Density (people/km2) 6,111.5
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 10,432
Christian 2,864
Buddhist 96
Hindu 62
Jewish 37
Muslim 142
Sikh 6
No religion 6,410
No religion: Agnostic 23
No religion: Atheist 6
No religion: Free Thinker 0
No religion: Humanist 10
No religion: No religion 6,371
No religion: Realist 0
Other religion 135
Other religion: Alevi 1
Other religion: Animism 0
Other religion: Baha'i 2
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 2
Other religion: Druze 0
Other religion: Eckankar 0
Other religion: Heathen 3
Other religion: Jain 1
Other religion: Mixed Religion 3
Other religion: Mysticism 0
Other religion: Native American Church 0
Other religion: New Age 0
Other religion: Occult 0
Other religion: Other religions 30
Other religion: Own Belief System 1
Other religion: Pagan 33
Other religion: Pantheism 2
Other religion: Rastafarian 1
Other religion: Ravidassia 0
Other religion: Reconstructionist 0
Other religion: Satanism 1
Other religion: Scientology 0
Other religion: Shamanism 0
Other religion: Shintoism 3
Other religion: Spiritual 26
Other religion: Spiritualist 10
Other religion: Taoist 2
Other religion: Theism 1
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 1
Other religion: Wicca 10
Other religion: Witchcraft 1
Other religion: Yazidi 0
Other religion: Zoroastrian 0
Religion not stated 680

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