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
225,262
Christian
85,297
Buddhist
664
Hindu
7,438
Jewish
246
Muslim
74,191
Sikh
3,032
No religion
39,581
No religion: Agnostic
61
No religion: Atheist
42
No religion: Free Thinker
3
No religion: Humanist
15
No religion: No religion
39,460
No religion: Realist
0
Other religion
1,116
Other religion: Alevi
17
Other religion: Animism
0
Other religion: Baha'i
16
Other religion: Believe in God
7
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
0
Other religion: Chinese Religion
2
Other religion: Church of All Religion
0
Other religion: Confucianist
0
Other religion: Deist
5
Other religion: Druid
2
Other religion: Druze
0
Other religion: Eckankar
2
Other religion: Heathen
6
Other religion: Jain
214
Other religion: Mixed Religion
44
Other religion: Mysticism
0
Other religion: Native American Church
0
Other religion: New Age
0
Other religion: Occult
1
Other religion: Other religions
285
Other religion: Own Belief System
3
Other religion: Pagan
116
Other religion: Pantheism
4
Other religion: Rastafarian
43
Other religion: Ravidassia
104
Other religion: Reconstructionist
1
Other religion: Satanism
8
Other religion: Scientology
7
Other religion: Shamanism
1
Other religion: Shintoism
0
Other religion: Spiritual
87
Other religion: Spiritualist
91
Other religion: Taoist
7
Other religion: Theism
1
Other religion: Thelemite
0
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
4
Other religion: Unification Church
2
Other religion: Universalist
0
Other religion: Valmiki
0
Other religion: Vodun
2
Other religion: Wicca
22
Other religion: Witchcraft
1
Other religion: Yazidi
1
Other religion: Zoroastrian
10
Religion not stated
13,697
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