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
264,696
Christian
112,526
Buddhist
1,018
Hindu
814
Jewish
207
Muslim
3,474
Sikh
96
No religion
129,337
No religion: Agnostic
177
No religion: Atheist
77
No religion: Free Thinker
3
No religion: Humanist
45
No religion: No religion
129,034
No religion: Realist
1
Other religion
1,529
Other religion: Alevi
10
Other religion: Animism
6
Other religion: Baha'i
14
Other religion: Believe in God
10
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
0
Other religion: Chinese Religion
0
Other religion: Church of All Religion
0
Other religion: Confucianist
1
Other religion: Deist
5
Other religion: Druid
15
Other religion: Druze
0
Other religion: Eckankar
0
Other religion: Heathen
46
Other religion: Jain
3
Other religion: Mixed Religion
41
Other religion: Mysticism
2
Other religion: Native American Church
1
Other religion: New Age
0
Other religion: Occult
3
Other religion: Other religions
290
Other religion: Own Belief System
7
Other religion: Pagan
480
Other religion: Pantheism
11
Other religion: Rastafarian
18
Other religion: Ravidassia
2
Other religion: Reconstructionist
3
Other religion: Satanism
28
Other religion: Scientology
13
Other religion: Shamanism
23
Other religion: Shintoism
3
Other religion: Spiritual
174
Other religion: Spiritualist
159
Other religion: Taoist
15
Other religion: Theism
3
Other religion: Thelemite
0
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
1
Other religion: Unification Church
0
Other religion: Universalist
1
Other religion: Valmiki
0
Other religion: Vodun
0
Other religion: Wicca
128
Other religion: Witchcraft
12
Other religion: Yazidi
0
Other religion: Zoroastrian
1
Religion not stated
15,695
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