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
175,999
Christian
90,940
Buddhist
703
Hindu
2,376
Jewish
225
Muslim
8,586
Sikh
2,030
No religion
61,042
No religion: Agnostic
52
No religion: Atheist
26
No religion: Free Thinker
3
No religion: Humanist
7
No religion: No religion
60,954
No religion: Realist
0
Other religion
901
Other religion: Alevi
15
Other religion: Animism
1
Other religion: Baha'i
6
Other religion: Believe in God
6
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
0
Other religion: Chinese Religion
3
Other religion: Church of All Religion
0
Other religion: Confucianist
0
Other religion: Deist
0
Other religion: Druid
6
Other religion: Druze
0
Other religion: Eckankar
0
Other religion: Heathen
5
Other religion: Jain
12
Other religion: Mixed Religion
33
Other religion: Mysticism
0
Other religion: Native American Church
0
Other religion: New Age
0
Other religion: Occult
0
Other religion: Other religions
185
Other religion: Own Belief System
6
Other religion: Pagan
150
Other religion: Pantheism
3
Other religion: Rastafarian
8
Other religion: Ravidassia
4
Other religion: Reconstructionist
1
Other religion: Satanism
9
Other religion: Scientology
2
Other religion: Shamanism
247
Other religion: Shintoism
0
Other religion: Spiritual
60
Other religion: Spiritualist
89
Other religion: Taoist
4
Other religion: Theism
2
Other religion: Thelemite
1
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
8
Other religion: Unification Church
0
Other religion: Universalist
2
Other religion: Valmiki
0
Other religion: Vodun
1
Other religion: Wicca
29
Other religion: Witchcraft
1
Other religion: Yazidi
0
Other religion: Zoroastrian
2
Religion not stated
9,196
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