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
279,772
Christian
126,097
Buddhist
999
Hindu
3,172
Jewish
217
Muslim
7,636
Sikh
4,363
No religion
120,311
No religion: Agnostic
107
No religion: Atheist
46
No religion: Free Thinker
2
No religion: Humanist
30
No religion: No religion
120,125
No religion: Realist
1
Other religion
1,704
Other religion: Alevi
51
Other religion: Animism
1
Other religion: Baha'i
23
Other religion: Believe in God
2
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
2
Other religion: Chinese Religion
0
Other religion: Church of All Religion
0
Other religion: Confucianist
0
Other religion: Deist
1
Other religion: Druid
11
Other religion: Druze
2
Other religion: Eckankar
4
Other religion: Heathen
29
Other religion: Jain
22
Other religion: Mixed Religion
37
Other religion: Mysticism
0
Other religion: Native American Church
0
Other religion: New Age
1
Other religion: Occult
3
Other religion: Other religions
301
Other religion: Own Belief System
3
Other religion: Pagan
437
Other religion: Pantheism
4
Other religion: Rastafarian
33
Other religion: Ravidassia
181
Other religion: Reconstructionist
6
Other religion: Satanism
35
Other religion: Scientology
4
Other religion: Shamanism
108
Other religion: Shintoism
1
Other religion: Spiritual
124
Other religion: Spiritualist
160
Other religion: Taoist
8
Other religion: Theism
1
Other religion: Thelemite
0
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
1
Other religion: Unification Church
5
Other religion: Universalist
4
Other religion: Valmiki
0
Other religion: Vodun
0
Other religion: Wicca
88
Other religion: Witchcraft
5
Other religion: Yazidi
0
Other religion: Zoroastrian
6
Religion not stated
15,273
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