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
261,364
Christian
104,969
Buddhist
828
Hindu
3,065
Jewish
150
Muslim
29,137
Sikh
9,762
No religion
95,638
No religion: Agnostic
95
No religion: Atheist
49
No religion: Free Thinker
0
No religion: Humanist
44
No religion: No religion
95,450
No religion: Realist
0
Other religion
1,298
Other religion: Alevi
8
Other religion: Animism
4
Other religion: Baha'i
6
Other religion: Believe in God
12
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
2
Other religion: Chinese Religion
0
Other religion: Church of All Religion
0
Other religion: Confucianist
0
Other religion: Deist
3
Other religion: Druid
9
Other religion: Druze
0
Other religion: Eckankar
0
Other religion: Heathen
20
Other religion: Jain
22
Other religion: Mixed Religion
44
Other religion: Mysticism
0
Other religion: Native American Church
0
Other religion: New Age
0
Other religion: Occult
2
Other religion: Other religions
239
Other religion: Own Belief System
11
Other religion: Pagan
388
Other religion: Pantheism
6
Other religion: Rastafarian
27
Other religion: Ravidassia
82
Other religion: Reconstructionist
4
Other religion: Satanism
21
Other religion: Scientology
6
Other religion: Shamanism
2
Other religion: Shintoism
5
Other religion: Spiritual
95
Other religion: Spiritualist
166
Other religion: Taoist
14
Other religion: Theism
5
Other religion: Thelemite
0
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
4
Other religion: Unification Church
0
Other religion: Universalist
4
Other religion: Valmiki
1
Other religion: Vodun
0
Other religion: Wicca
69
Other religion: Witchcraft
5
Other religion: Yazidi
4
Other religion: Zoroastrian
8
Religion not stated
16,517
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