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
141,034
Christian
71,698
Buddhist
500
Hindu
511
Jewish
227
Muslim
2,004
Sikh
109
No religion
57,812
No religion: Agnostic
50
No religion: Atheist
30
No religion: Free Thinker
1
No religion: Humanist
12
No religion: No religion
57,719
No religion: Realist
0
Other religion
705
Other religion: Alevi
0
Other religion: Animism
1
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
6
Other religion: Druze
0
Other religion: Eckankar
3
Other religion: Heathen
17
Other religion: Jain
3
Other religion: Mixed Religion
8
Other religion: Mysticism
1
Other religion: Native American Church
0
Other religion: New Age
1
Other religion: Occult
0
Other religion: Other religions
123
Other religion: Own Belief System
4
Other religion: Pagan
244
Other religion: Pantheism
7
Other religion: Rastafarian
8
Other religion: Ravidassia
0
Other religion: Reconstructionist
0
Other religion: Satanism
14
Other religion: Scientology
0
Other religion: Shamanism
1
Other religion: Shintoism
1
Other religion: Spiritual
37
Other religion: Spiritualist
158
Other religion: Taoist
7
Other religion: Theism
0
Other religion: Thelemite
1
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
4
Other religion: Unification Church
0
Other religion: Universalist
1
Other religion: Valmiki
0
Other religion: Vodun
0
Other religion: Wicca
43
Other religion: Witchcraft
2
Other religion: Yazidi
0
Other religion: Zoroastrian
3
Religion not stated
7,468
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