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
174,229
Christian
68,988
Buddhist
2,887
Hindu
8,757
Jewish
329
Muslim
15,481
Sikh
1,194
No religion
63,287
No religion: Agnostic
168
No religion: Atheist
50
No religion: Free Thinker
0
No religion: Humanist
35
No religion: No religion
63,034
No religion: Realist
0
Other religion
1,244
Other religion: Alevi
9
Other religion: Animism
0
Other religion: Baha'i
20
Other religion: Believe in God
8
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
0
Other religion: Chinese Religion
0
Other religion: Church of All Religion
0
Other religion: Confucianist
1
Other religion: Deist
4
Other religion: Druid
8
Other religion: Druze
1
Other religion: Eckankar
5
Other religion: Heathen
11
Other religion: Jain
67
Other religion: Mixed Religion
53
Other religion: Mysticism
2
Other religion: Native American Church
0
Other religion: New Age
5
Other religion: Occult
2
Other religion: Other religions
257
Other religion: Own Belief System
5
Other religion: Pagan
182
Other religion: Pantheism
10
Other religion: Rastafarian
33
Other religion: Ravidassia
1
Other religion: Reconstructionist
3
Other religion: Satanism
26
Other religion: Scientology
1
Other religion: Shamanism
230
Other religion: Shintoism
12
Other religion: Spiritual
125
Other religion: Spiritualist
96
Other religion: Taoist
9
Other religion: Theism
3
Other religion: Thelemite
1
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
3
Other religion: Unification Church
0
Other religion: Universalist
1
Other religion: Valmiki
0
Other religion: Vodun
0
Other religion: Wicca
34
Other religion: Witchcraft
1
Other religion: Yazidi
0
Other religion: Zoroastrian
15
Religion not stated
12,062
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