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
472,464
Christian
152,126
Buddhist
2,710
Hindu
3,545
Jewish
1,228
Muslim
31,776
Sikh
2,247
No religion
242,865
No religion: Agnostic
610
No religion: Atheist
207
No religion: Free Thinker
0
No religion: Humanist
121
No religion: No religion
241,924
No religion: Realist
3
Other religion
3,544
Other religion: Alevi
11
Other religion: Animism
19
Other religion: Baha'i
92
Other religion: Believe in God
28
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
1
Other religion: Chinese Religion
0
Other religion: Church of All Religion
1
Other religion: Confucianist
0
Other religion: Deist
15
Other religion: Druid
22
Other religion: Druze
6
Other religion: Eckankar
3
Other religion: Heathen
34
Other religion: Jain
30
Other religion: Mixed Religion
133
Other religion: Mysticism
3
Other religion: Native American Church
1
Other religion: New Age
1
Other religion: Occult
15
Other religion: Other religions
787
Other religion: Own Belief System
38
Other religion: Pagan
820
Other religion: Pantheism
54
Other religion: Rastafarian
148
Other religion: Ravidassia
0
Other religion: Reconstructionist
10
Other religion: Satanism
114
Other religion: Scientology
9
Other religion: Shamanism
11
Other religion: Shintoism
16
Other religion: Spiritual
587
Other religion: Spiritualist
252
Other religion: Taoist
71
Other religion: Theism
7
Other religion: Thelemite
5
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
9
Other religion: Unification Church
1
Other religion: Universalist
6
Other religion: Valmiki
0
Other religion: Vodun
0
Other religion: Wicca
99
Other religion: Witchcraft
13
Other religion: Yazidi
42
Other religion: Zoroastrian
30
Religion not stated
32,423
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