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
139,325
Christian
67,634
Buddhist
553
Hindu
223
Jewish
141
Muslim
788
Sikh
60
No religion
60,176
No religion: Agnostic
44
No religion: Atheist
40
No religion: Free Thinker
2
No religion: Humanist
34
No religion: No religion
60,056
No religion: Realist
0
Other religion
979
Other religion: Alevi
0
Other religion: Animism
1
Other religion: Baha'i
12
Other religion: Believe in God
1
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
1
Other religion: Chinese Religion
0
Other religion: Church of All Religion
0
Other religion: Confucianist
0
Other religion: Deist
3
Other religion: Druid
11
Other religion: Druze
0
Other religion: Eckankar
4
Other religion: Heathen
8
Other religion: Jain
0
Other religion: Mixed Religion
18
Other religion: Mysticism
1
Other religion: Native American Church
3
Other religion: New Age
1
Other religion: Occult
5
Other religion: Other religions
180
Other religion: Own Belief System
13
Other religion: Pagan
270
Other religion: Pantheism
9
Other religion: Rastafarian
5
Other religion: Ravidassia
1
Other religion: Reconstructionist
1
Other religion: Satanism
15
Other religion: Scientology
0
Other religion: Shamanism
2
Other religion: Shintoism
1
Other religion: Spiritual
100
Other religion: Spiritualist
231
Other religion: Taoist
13
Other religion: Theism
0
Other religion: Thelemite
0
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
0
Other religion: Unification Church
0
Other religion: Universalist
4
Other religion: Valmiki
0
Other religion: Vodun
0
Other religion: Wicca
55
Other religion: Witchcraft
7
Other religion: Yazidi
0
Other religion: Zoroastrian
3
Religion not stated
8,771
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