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
136,530
Christian
72,359
Buddhist
280
Hindu
139
Jewish
37
Muslim
984
Sikh
70
No religion
54,921
No religion: Agnostic
39
No religion: Atheist
25
No religion: Free Thinker
0
No religion: Humanist
16
No religion: No religion
54,841
No religion: Realist
0
Other religion
492
Other religion: Alevi
0
Other religion: Animism
0
Other religion: Baha'i
2
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
3
Other religion: Druid
4
Other religion: Druze
0
Other religion: Eckankar
0
Other religion: Heathen
13
Other religion: Jain
3
Other religion: Mixed Religion
6
Other religion: Mysticism
1
Other religion: Native American Church
1
Other religion: New Age
0
Other religion: Occult
1
Other religion: Other religions
83
Other religion: Own Belief System
5
Other religion: Pagan
192
Other religion: Pantheism
3
Other religion: Rastafarian
4
Other religion: Ravidassia
0
Other religion: Reconstructionist
0
Other religion: Satanism
13
Other religion: Scientology
0
Other religion: Shamanism
1
Other religion: Shintoism
3
Other religion: Spiritual
45
Other religion: Spiritualist
62
Other religion: Taoist
4
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
35
Other religion: Witchcraft
4
Other religion: Yazidi
0
Other religion: Zoroastrian
0
Religion not stated
7,248
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