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
77,046
Christian
43,179
Buddhist
302
Hindu
1,371
Jewish
330
Muslim
1,221
Sikh
395
No religion
25,654
No religion: Agnostic
41
No religion: Atheist
12
No religion: Free Thinker
0
No religion: Humanist
7
No religion: No religion
25,593
No religion: Realist
1
Other religion
260
Other religion: Alevi
1
Other religion: Animism
0
Other religion: Baha'i
7
Other religion: Believe in God
4
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
0
Other religion: Chinese Religion
0
Other religion: Church of All Religion
0
Other religion: Confucianist
0
Other religion: Deist
3
Other religion: Druid
1
Other religion: Druze
0
Other religion: Eckankar
1
Other religion: Heathen
2
Other religion: Jain
27
Other religion: Mixed Religion
17
Other religion: Mysticism
0
Other religion: Native American Church
0
Other religion: New Age
0
Other religion: Occult
0
Other religion: Other religions
68
Other religion: Own Belief System
1
Other religion: Pagan
36
Other religion: Pantheism
2
Other religion: Rastafarian
2
Other religion: Ravidassia
0
Other religion: Reconstructionist
1
Other religion: Satanism
1
Other religion: Scientology
0
Other religion: Shamanism
0
Other religion: Shintoism
0
Other religion: Spiritual
37
Other religion: Spiritualist
34
Other religion: Taoist
0
Other religion: Theism
0
Other religion: Thelemite
0
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
1
Other religion: Unification Church
0
Other religion: Universalist
1
Other religion: Valmiki
0
Other religion: Vodun
0
Other religion: Wicca
9
Other religion: Witchcraft
1
Other religion: Yazidi
0
Other religion: Zoroastrian
3
Religion not stated
4,334
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