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
196,593
Christian
100,420
Buddhist
532
Hindu
811
Jewish
61
Muslim
6,675
Sikh
782
No religion
76,839
No religion: Agnostic
61
No religion: Atheist
38
No religion: Free Thinker
2
No religion: Humanist
19
No religion: No religion
76,719
No religion: Realist
0
Other religion
549
Other religion: Alevi
2
Other religion: Animism
2
Other religion: Baha'i
0
Other religion: Believe in God
6
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
0
Other religion: Chinese Religion
0
Other religion: Church of All Religion
0
Other religion: Confucianist
0
Other religion: Deist
5
Other religion: Druid
5
Other religion: Druze
0
Other religion: Eckankar
0
Other religion: Heathen
11
Other religion: Jain
13
Other religion: Mixed Religion
10
Other religion: Mysticism
0
Other religion: Native American Church
1
Other religion: New Age
1
Other religion: Occult
0
Other religion: Other religions
97
Other religion: Own Belief System
2
Other religion: Pagan
182
Other religion: Pantheism
8
Other religion: Rastafarian
4
Other religion: Ravidassia
0
Other religion: Reconstructionist
4
Other religion: Satanism
16
Other religion: Scientology
1
Other religion: Shamanism
0
Other religion: Shintoism
2
Other religion: Spiritual
44
Other religion: Spiritualist
84
Other religion: Taoist
2
Other religion: Theism
0
Other religion: Thelemite
0
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
0
Other religion: Unification Church
1
Other religion: Universalist
3
Other religion: Valmiki
0
Other religion: Vodun
0
Other religion: Wicca
33
Other religion: Witchcraft
3
Other religion: Yazidi
2
Other religion: Zoroastrian
5
Religion not stated
9,924
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