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
323,629
Christian
112,200
Buddhist
1,671
Hindu
5,403
Jewish
941
Muslim
39,540
Sikh
4,110
No religion
133,403
No religion: Agnostic
226
No religion: Atheist
105
No religion: Free Thinker
1
No religion: Humanist
31
No religion: No religion
133,040
No religion: Realist
0
Other religion
2,262
Other religion: Alevi
264
Other religion: Animism
4
Other religion: Baha'i
36
Other religion: Believe in God
58
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
0
Other religion: Chinese Religion
0
Other religion: Church of All Religion
0
Other religion: Confucianist
0
Other religion: Deist
16
Other religion: Druid
13
Other religion: Druze
6
Other religion: Eckankar
5
Other religion: Heathen
40
Other religion: Jain
112
Other religion: Mixed Religion
48
Other religion: Mysticism
0
Other religion: Native American Church
3
Other religion: New Age
1
Other religion: Occult
8
Other religion: Other religions
411
Other religion: Own Belief System
21
Other religion: Pagan
529
Other religion: Pantheism
9
Other religion: Rastafarian
82
Other religion: Ravidassia
11
Other religion: Reconstructionist
4
Other religion: Satanism
48
Other religion: Scientology
8
Other religion: Shamanism
32
Other religion: Shintoism
6
Other religion: Spiritual
191
Other religion: Spiritualist
136
Other religion: Taoist
23
Other religion: Theism
4
Other religion: Thelemite
1
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
6
Other religion: Unification Church
0
Other religion: Universalist
2
Other religion: Valmiki
0
Other religion: Vodun
1
Other religion: Wicca
86
Other religion: Witchcraft
7
Other religion: Yazidi
14
Other religion: Zoroastrian
16
Religion not stated
24,099
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