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
145,674
Christian
51,335
Buddhist
1,668
Hindu
3,301
Jewish
1,057
Muslim
7,392
Sikh
322
No religion
65,160
No religion: Agnostic
190
No religion: Atheist
85
No religion: Free Thinker
2
No religion: Humanist
46
No religion: No religion
64,837
No religion: Realist
0
Other religion
1,124
Other religion: Alevi
127
Other religion: Animism
6
Other religion: Baha'i
52
Other religion: Believe in God
3
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
7
Other religion: Chinese Religion
1
Other religion: Church of All Religion
0
Other religion: Confucianist
1
Other religion: Deist
9
Other religion: Druid
8
Other religion: Druze
1
Other religion: Eckankar
0
Other religion: Heathen
9
Other religion: Jain
57
Other religion: Mixed Religion
52
Other religion: Mysticism
1
Other religion: Native American Church
0
Other religion: New Age
3
Other religion: Occult
6
Other religion: Other religions
264
Other religion: Own Belief System
8
Other religion: Pagan
171
Other religion: Pantheism
17
Other religion: Rastafarian
14
Other religion: Ravidassia
0
Other religion: Reconstructionist
0
Other religion: Satanism
20
Other religion: Scientology
0
Other religion: Shamanism
9
Other religion: Shintoism
7
Other religion: Spiritual
128
Other religion: Spiritualist
57
Other religion: Taoist
28
Other religion: Theism
8
Other religion: Thelemite
0
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
2
Other religion: Unification Church
0
Other religion: Universalist
4
Other religion: Valmiki
0
Other religion: Vodun
3
Other religion: Wicca
22
Other religion: Witchcraft
0
Other religion: Yazidi
1
Other religion: Zoroastrian
18
Religion not stated
14,315
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