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
248,923
Christian
99,910
Buddhist
1,333
Hindu
3,265
Jewish
254
Muslim
13,893
Sikh
4,192
No religion
108,000
No religion: Agnostic
198
No religion: Atheist
74
No religion: Free Thinker
0
No religion: Humanist
40
No religion: No religion
107,688
No religion: Realist
0
Other religion
1,664
Other religion: Alevi
18
Other religion: Animism
0
Other religion: Baha'i
7
Other religion: Believe in God
8
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
1
Other religion: Chinese Religion
0
Other religion: Church of All Religion
0
Other religion: Confucianist
0
Other religion: Deist
6
Other religion: Druid
10
Other religion: Druze
0
Other religion: Eckankar
4
Other religion: Heathen
30
Other religion: Jain
49
Other religion: Mixed Religion
45
Other religion: Mysticism
0
Other religion: Native American Church
0
Other religion: New Age
1
Other religion: Occult
7
Other religion: Other religions
336
Other religion: Own Belief System
7
Other religion: Pagan
465
Other religion: Pantheism
10
Other religion: Rastafarian
20
Other religion: Ravidassia
26
Other religion: Reconstructionist
5
Other religion: Satanism
32
Other religion: Scientology
3
Other religion: Shamanism
0
Other religion: Shintoism
12
Other religion: Spiritual
169
Other religion: Spiritualist
266
Other religion: Taoist
23
Other religion: Theism
10
Other religion: Thelemite
1
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
2
Other religion: Unification Church
0
Other religion: Universalist
3
Other religion: Valmiki
0
Other religion: Vodun
0
Other religion: Wicca
63
Other religion: Witchcraft
7
Other religion: Yazidi
0
Other religion: Zoroastrian
18
Religion not stated
16,412
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