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
154,738
Christian
58,793
Buddhist
262
Hindu
483
Jewish
49
Muslim
54,146
Sikh
139
No religion
32,717
No religion: Agnostic
43
No religion: Atheist
17
No religion: Free Thinker
0
No religion: Humanist
11
No religion: No religion
32,646
No religion: Realist
0
Other religion
438
Other religion: Alevi
0
Other religion: Animism
0
Other religion: Baha'i
5
Other religion: Believe in God
1
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
0
Other religion: Chinese Religion
4
Other religion: Church of All Religion
1
Other religion: Confucianist
0
Other religion: Deist
1
Other religion: Druid
4
Other religion: Druze
1
Other religion: Eckankar
0
Other religion: Heathen
14
Other religion: Jain
9
Other religion: Mixed Religion
7
Other religion: Mysticism
0
Other religion: Native American Church
0
Other religion: New Age
2
Other religion: Occult
0
Other religion: Other religions
118
Other religion: Own Belief System
3
Other religion: Pagan
110
Other religion: Pantheism
4
Other religion: Rastafarian
5
Other religion: Ravidassia
0
Other religion: Reconstructionist
0
Other religion: Satanism
5
Other religion: Scientology
1
Other religion: Shamanism
1
Other religion: Shintoism
1
Other religion: Spiritual
29
Other religion: Spiritualist
58
Other religion: Taoist
5
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
23
Other religion: Witchcraft
0
Other religion: Yazidi
3
Other religion: Zoroastrian
21
Religion not stated
7,711
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