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
143,923
Christian
66,143
Buddhist
437
Hindu
1,436
Jewish
41
Muslim
14,703
Sikh
606
No religion
52,415
No religion: Agnostic
38
No religion: Atheist
22
No religion: Free Thinker
0
No religion: Humanist
10
No religion: No religion
52,345
No religion: Realist
0
Other religion
459
Other religion: Alevi
0
Other religion: Animism
0
Other religion: Baha'i
5
Other religion: Believe in God
4
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
0
Other religion: Chinese Religion
0
Other religion: Church of All Religion
0
Other religion: Confucianist
0
Other religion: Deist
3
Other religion: Druid
8
Other religion: Druze
0
Other religion: Eckankar
0
Other religion: Heathen
7
Other religion: Jain
2
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
102
Other religion: Own Belief System
5
Other religion: Pagan
134
Other religion: Pantheism
2
Other religion: Rastafarian
9
Other religion: Ravidassia
0
Other religion: Reconstructionist
2
Other religion: Satanism
20
Other religion: Scientology
2
Other religion: Shamanism
1
Other religion: Shintoism
2
Other religion: Spiritual
36
Other religion: Spiritualist
69
Other religion: Taoist
5
Other religion: Theism
1
Other religion: Thelemite
0
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
2
Other religion: Unification Church
0
Other religion: Universalist
1
Other religion: Valmiki
0
Other religion: Vodun
0
Other religion: Wicca
28
Other religion: Witchcraft
1
Other religion: Yazidi
1
Other religion: Zoroastrian
4
Religion not stated
7,683
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