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
130,707
Christian
52,221
Buddhist
715
Hindu
698
Jewish
201
Muslim
2,815
Sikh
179
No religion
63,385
No religion: Agnostic
134
No religion: Atheist
37
No religion: Free Thinker
2
No religion: Humanist
43
No religion: No religion
63,169
No religion: Realist
0
Other religion
866
Other religion: Alevi
18
Other religion: Animism
0
Other religion: Baha'i
7
Other religion: Believe in God
4
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
0
Other religion: Chinese Religion
1
Other religion: Church of All Religion
0
Other religion: Confucianist
0
Other religion: Deist
9
Other religion: Druid
6
Other religion: Druze
1
Other religion: Eckankar
0
Other religion: Heathen
14
Other religion: Jain
16
Other religion: Mixed Religion
28
Other religion: Mysticism
1
Other religion: Native American Church
0
Other religion: New Age
0
Other religion: Occult
6
Other religion: Other religions
152
Other religion: Own Belief System
9
Other religion: Pagan
240
Other religion: Pantheism
10
Other religion: Rastafarian
5
Other religion: Ravidassia
0
Other religion: Reconstructionist
1
Other religion: Satanism
20
Other religion: Scientology
2
Other religion: Shamanism
4
Other religion: Shintoism
6
Other religion: Spiritual
116
Other religion: Spiritualist
104
Other religion: Taoist
15
Other religion: Theism
1
Other religion: Thelemite
0
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
1
Other religion: Unification Church
0
Other religion: Universalist
4
Other religion: Valmiki
0
Other religion: Vodun
0
Other religion: Wicca
47
Other religion: Witchcraft
1
Other religion: Yazidi
0
Other religion: Zoroastrian
17
Religion not stated
9,627
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