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
101,688
Christian
46,674
Buddhist
568
Hindu
513
Jewish
187
Muslim
2,265
Sikh
42
No religion
43,920
No religion: Agnostic
76
No religion: Atheist
22
No religion: Free Thinker
4
No religion: Humanist
32
No religion: No religion
43,786
No religion: Realist
0
Other religion
751
Other religion: Alevi
6
Other religion: Animism
4
Other religion: Baha'i
12
Other religion: Believe in God
5
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
3
Other religion: Chinese Religion
1
Other religion: Church of All Religion
0
Other religion: Confucianist
0
Other religion: Deist
1
Other religion: Druid
3
Other religion: Druze
0
Other religion: Eckankar
1
Other religion: Heathen
14
Other religion: Jain
8
Other religion: Mixed Religion
28
Other religion: Mysticism
0
Other religion: Native American Church
0
Other religion: New Age
3
Other religion: Occult
3
Other religion: Other religions
147
Other religion: Own Belief System
3
Other religion: Pagan
213
Other religion: Pantheism
9
Other religion: Rastafarian
6
Other religion: Ravidassia
2
Other religion: Reconstructionist
2
Other religion: Satanism
7
Other religion: Scientology
2
Other religion: Shamanism
0
Other religion: Shintoism
9
Other religion: Spiritual
93
Other religion: Spiritualist
99
Other religion: Taoist
6
Other religion: Theism
5
Other religion: Thelemite
0
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
2
Other religion: Unification Church
1
Other religion: Universalist
1
Other religion: Valmiki
0
Other religion: Vodun
0
Other religion: Wicca
42
Other religion: Witchcraft
1
Other religion: Yazidi
0
Other religion: Zoroastrian
9
Religion not stated
6,768
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