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
210,978
Christian
119,650
Buddhist
605
Hindu
1,495
Jewish
190
Muslim
3,686
Sikh
478
No religion
73,041
No religion: Agnostic
72
No religion: Atheist
45
No religion: Free Thinker
1
No religion: Humanist
23
No religion: No religion
72,900
No religion: Realist
0
Other religion
799
Other religion: Alevi
9
Other religion: Animism
0
Other religion: Baha'i
8
Other religion: Believe in God
9
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
1
Other religion: Heathen
22
Other religion: Jain
22
Other religion: Mixed Religion
28
Other religion: Mysticism
0
Other religion: Native American Church
0
Other religion: New Age
0
Other religion: Occult
2
Other religion: Other religions
159
Other religion: Own Belief System
8
Other religion: Pagan
241
Other religion: Pantheism
0
Other religion: Rastafarian
12
Other religion: Ravidassia
0
Other religion: Reconstructionist
0
Other religion: Satanism
11
Other religion: Scientology
3
Other religion: Shamanism
9
Other religion: Shintoism
8
Other religion: Spiritual
80
Other religion: Spiritualist
104
Other religion: Taoist
6
Other religion: Theism
1
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
0
Other religion: Wicca
40
Other religion: Witchcraft
1
Other religion: Yazidi
5
Other religion: Zoroastrian
2
Religion not stated
11,034
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