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
233,412
Christian
108,778
Buddhist
1,700
Hindu
5,865
Jewish
131
Muslim
6,310
Sikh
1,448
No religion
94,559
No religion: Agnostic
99
No religion: Atheist
31
No religion: Free Thinker
0
No religion: Humanist
35
No religion: No religion
94,394
No religion: Realist
0
Other religion
1,516
Other religion: Alevi
8
Other religion: Animism
3
Other religion: Baha'i
47
Other religion: Believe in God
14
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
0
Other religion: Chinese Religion
0
Other religion: Church of All Religion
0
Other religion: Confucianist
0
Other religion: Deist
3
Other religion: Druid
14
Other religion: Druze
0
Other religion: Eckankar
0
Other religion: Heathen
28
Other religion: Jain
46
Other religion: Mixed Religion
24
Other religion: Mysticism
0
Other religion: Native American Church
0
Other religion: New Age
0
Other religion: Occult
4
Other religion: Other religions
214
Other religion: Own Belief System
4
Other religion: Pagan
397
Other religion: Pantheism
7
Other religion: Rastafarian
20
Other religion: Ravidassia
25
Other religion: Reconstructionist
3
Other religion: Satanism
21
Other religion: Scientology
5
Other religion: Shamanism
237
Other religion: Shintoism
1
Other religion: Spiritual
114
Other religion: Spiritualist
169
Other religion: Taoist
8
Other religion: Theism
3
Other religion: Thelemite
0
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
3
Other religion: Unification Church
1
Other religion: Universalist
5
Other religion: Valmiki
0
Other religion: Vodun
0
Other religion: Wicca
73
Other religion: Witchcraft
3
Other religion: Yazidi
1
Other religion: Zoroastrian
11
Religion not stated
13,105
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