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
124,605
Christian
59,141
Buddhist
1,039
Hindu
2,942
Jewish
190
Muslim
2,216
Sikh
1,055
No religion
50,300
No religion: Agnostic
69
No religion: Atheist
26
No religion: Free Thinker
1
No religion: Humanist
17
No religion: No religion
50,187
No religion: Realist
0
Other religion
741
Other religion: Alevi
1
Other religion: Animism
0
Other religion: Baha'i
14
Other religion: Believe in God
5
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
0
Other religion: Chinese Religion
0
Other religion: Church of All Religion
0
Other religion: Confucianist
0
Other religion: Deist
1
Other religion: Druid
3
Other religion: Druze
0
Other religion: Eckankar
0
Other religion: Heathen
2
Other religion: Jain
22
Other religion: Mixed Religion
36
Other religion: Mysticism
0
Other religion: Native American Church
1
Other religion: New Age
2
Other religion: Occult
1
Other religion: Other religions
169
Other religion: Own Belief System
3
Other religion: Pagan
139
Other religion: Pantheism
1
Other religion: Rastafarian
5
Other religion: Ravidassia
4
Other religion: Reconstructionist
1
Other religion: Satanism
7
Other religion: Scientology
4
Other religion: Shamanism
156
Other religion: Shintoism
5
Other religion: Spiritual
53
Other religion: Spiritualist
56
Other religion: Taoist
5
Other religion: Theism
0
Other religion: Thelemite
1
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
0
Other religion: Unification Church
0
Other religion: Universalist
2
Other religion: Valmiki
0
Other religion: Vodun
1
Other religion: Wicca
36
Other religion: Witchcraft
1
Other religion: Yazidi
0
Other religion: Zoroastrian
4
Religion not stated
6,981
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