Census Data

Bedford: Religion (detailed)

Location Type: Unitary Authorities, ONS Geographic Code: E06000055

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Key Facts

All Residents 185,225
Male 91,124
Female 94,101
Households 74,950
Population Density (people/km2) 388.8
Table Codets031
Issued2022-11-29
Unit of MeasurePerson
Number of Response Options58

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 185,224
Christian 88,178
Buddhist 629
Hindu 3,045
Jewish 232
Muslim 13,059
Sikh 4,114
No religion 63,240
No religion: Agnostic 69
No religion: Atheist 30
No religion: Free Thinker 1
No religion: Humanist 37
No religion: No religion 63,103
No religion: Realist 0
Other religion 2,016
Other religion: Alevi 26
Other religion: Animism 0
Other religion: Baha'i 16
Other religion: Believe in God 2
Other religion: Brahma Kumari 0
Other religion: Chinese Religion 0
Other religion: Church of All Religion 0
Other religion: Confucianist 1
Other religion: Deist 1
Other religion: Druid 5
Other religion: Druze 1
Other religion: Eckankar 1
Other religion: Heathen 20
Other religion: Jain 27
Other religion: Mixed Religion 34
Other religion: Mysticism 0
Other religion: Native American Church 0
Other religion: New Age 0
Other religion: Occult 0
Other religion: Other religions 276
Other religion: Own Belief System 5
Other religion: Pagan 256
Other religion: Pantheism 3
Other religion: Rastafarian 23
Other religion: Ravidassia 748
Other religion: Reconstructionist 3
Other religion: Satanism 22
Other religion: Scientology 5
Other religion: Shamanism 0
Other religion: Shintoism 1
Other religion: Spiritual 77
Other religion: Spiritualist 65
Other religion: Taoist 8
Other religion: Theism 4
Other religion: Thelemite 0
Other religion: Traditional African Religion 3
Other religion: Unification Church 0
Other religion: Universalist 5
Other religion: Valmiki 298
Other religion: Vodun 1
Other religion: Wicca 49
Other religion: Witchcraft 4
Other religion: Yazidi 0
Other religion: Zoroastrian 26
Religion not stated 10,711

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