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
158,501
Christian
50,664
Buddhist
776
Hindu
12,343
Jewish
85
Muslim
46,661
Sikh
17,985
No religion
20,726
No religion: Agnostic
38
No religion: Atheist
14
No religion: Free Thinker
1
No religion: Humanist
6
No religion: No religion
20,667
No religion: Realist
0
Other religion
717
Other religion: Alevi
9
Other religion: Animism
0
Other religion: Baha'i
8
Other religion: Believe in God
6
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
6
Other religion: Chinese Religion
0
Other religion: Church of All Religion
0
Other religion: Confucianist
0
Other religion: Deist
3
Other religion: Druid
1
Other religion: Druze
0
Other religion: Eckankar
0
Other religion: Heathen
2
Other religion: Jain
102
Other religion: Mixed Religion
45
Other religion: Mysticism
0
Other religion: Native American Church
0
Other religion: New Age
2
Other religion: Occult
0
Other religion: Other religions
175
Other religion: Own Belief System
0
Other religion: Pagan
49
Other religion: Pantheism
3
Other religion: Rastafarian
18
Other religion: Ravidassia
113
Other religion: Reconstructionist
1
Other religion: Satanism
3
Other religion: Scientology
1
Other religion: Shamanism
43
Other religion: Shintoism
1
Other religion: Spiritual
44
Other religion: Spiritualist
36
Other religion: Taoist
2
Other religion: Theism
0
Other religion: Thelemite
0
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
5
Other religion: Unification Church
0
Other religion: Universalist
3
Other religion: Valmiki
4
Other religion: Vodun
0
Other religion: Wicca
15
Other religion: Witchcraft
1
Other religion: Yazidi
0
Other religion: Zoroastrian
16
Religion not stated
8,544
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