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
208,004
Christian
81,939
Buddhist
1,077
Hindu
1,596
Jewish
200
Muslim
10,174
Sikh
459
No religion
97,887
No religion: Agnostic
153
No religion: Atheist
47
No religion: Free Thinker
0
No religion: Humanist
37
No religion: No religion
97,650
No religion: Realist
0
Other religion
1,259
Other religion: Alevi
26
Other religion: Animism
3
Other religion: Baha'i
10
Other religion: Believe in God
9
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
0
Other religion: Chinese Religion
0
Other religion: Church of All Religion
0
Other religion: Confucianist
0
Other religion: Deist
6
Other religion: Druid
8
Other religion: Druze
2
Other religion: Eckankar
2
Other religion: Heathen
22
Other religion: Jain
4
Other religion: Mixed Religion
38
Other religion: Mysticism
0
Other religion: Native American Church
1
Other religion: New Age
1
Other religion: Occult
1
Other religion: Other religions
223
Other religion: Own Belief System
3
Other religion: Pagan
359
Other religion: Pantheism
10
Other religion: Rastafarian
24
Other religion: Ravidassia
5
Other religion: Reconstructionist
4
Other religion: Satanism
42
Other religion: Scientology
3
Other religion: Shamanism
11
Other religion: Shintoism
2
Other religion: Spiritual
127
Other religion: Spiritualist
176
Other religion: Taoist
19
Other religion: Theism
10
Other religion: Thelemite
0
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
1
Other religion: Unification Church
0
Other religion: Universalist
13
Other religion: Valmiki
0
Other religion: Vodun
1
Other religion: Wicca
68
Other religion: Witchcraft
5
Other religion: Yazidi
6
Other religion: Zoroastrian
14
Religion not stated
13,413
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