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
215,668
Christian
99,802
Buddhist
617
Hindu
3,813
Jewish
185
Muslim
26,239
Sikh
1,348
No religion
70,065
No religion: Agnostic
74
No religion: Atheist
35
No religion: Free Thinker
0
No religion: Humanist
30
No religion: No religion
69,926
No religion: Realist
0
Other religion
995
Other religion: Alevi
79
Other religion: Animism
1
Other religion: Baha'i
8
Other religion: Believe in God
8
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
1
Other religion: Chinese Religion
0
Other religion: Church of All Religion
0
Other religion: Confucianist
0
Other religion: Deist
1
Other religion: Druid
5
Other religion: Druze
3
Other religion: Eckankar
0
Other religion: Heathen
13
Other religion: Jain
38
Other religion: Mixed Religion
15
Other religion: Mysticism
0
Other religion: Native American Church
0
Other religion: New Age
0
Other religion: Occult
2
Other religion: Other religions
269
Other religion: Own Belief System
6
Other religion: Pagan
260
Other religion: Pantheism
1
Other religion: Rastafarian
19
Other religion: Ravidassia
0
Other religion: Reconstructionist
4
Other religion: Satanism
20
Other religion: Scientology
0
Other religion: Shamanism
9
Other religion: Shintoism
9
Other religion: Spiritual
75
Other religion: Spiritualist
82
Other religion: Taoist
5
Other religion: Theism
3
Other religion: Thelemite
1
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
47
Other religion: Witchcraft
0
Other religion: Yazidi
0
Other religion: Zoroastrian
7
Religion not stated
12,604
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