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
400,194
Christian
187,448
Buddhist
2,022
Hindu
2,841
Jewish
1,601
Muslim
6,645
Sikh
267
No religion
168,851
No religion: Agnostic
295
No religion: Atheist
110
No religion: Free Thinker
7
No religion: Humanist
93
No religion: No religion
168,346
No religion: Realist
0
Other religion
2,947
Other religion: Alevi
262
Other religion: Animism
7
Other religion: Baha'i
40
Other religion: Believe in God
31
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
1
Other religion: Chinese Religion
0
Other religion: Church of All Religion
0
Other religion: Confucianist
0
Other religion: Deist
10
Other religion: Druid
23
Other religion: Druze
6
Other religion: Eckankar
3
Other religion: Heathen
30
Other religion: Jain
32
Other religion: Mixed Religion
78
Other religion: Mysticism
0
Other religion: Native American Church
0
Other religion: New Age
8
Other religion: Occult
1
Other religion: Other religions
545
Other religion: Own Belief System
23
Other religion: Pagan
698
Other religion: Pantheism
17
Other religion: Rastafarian
23
Other religion: Ravidassia
1
Other religion: Reconstructionist
6
Other religion: Satanism
34
Other religion: Scientology
25
Other religion: Shamanism
20
Other religion: Shintoism
12
Other religion: Spiritual
349
Other religion: Spiritualist
457
Other religion: Taoist
28
Other religion: Theism
6
Other religion: Thelemite
1
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
2
Other religion: Unification Church
0
Other religion: Universalist
8
Other religion: Valmiki
0
Other religion: Vodun
10
Other religion: Wicca
101
Other religion: Witchcraft
7
Other religion: Yazidi
8
Other religion: Zoroastrian
34
Religion not stated
27,572
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