Census Data

Cheltenham: Religion (detailed)

Location Type: Non-metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E07000078

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Key Facts

All Residents 118,836
Male 58,085
Female 60,751
Households 52,899
Population Density (people/km2) 2,549.3
Table Codets031
Issued2022-11-29
Unit of MeasurePerson
Number of Response Options58

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 118,835
Christian 54,073
Buddhist 559
Hindu 1,192
Jewish 198
Muslim 1,744
Sikh 181
No religion 52,733
No religion: Agnostic 103
No religion: Atheist 42
No religion: Free Thinker 0
No religion: Humanist 38
No religion: No religion 52,549
No religion: Realist 1
Other religion 619
Other religion: Alevi 0
Other religion: Animism 1
Other religion: Baha'i 17
Other religion: Believe in God 2
Other religion: Brahma Kumari 0
Other religion: Chinese Religion 0
Other religion: Church of All Religion 0
Other religion: Confucianist 0
Other religion: Deist 6
Other religion: Druid 3
Other religion: Druze 5
Other religion: Eckankar 1
Other religion: Heathen 5
Other religion: Jain 9
Other religion: Mixed Religion 18
Other religion: Mysticism 0
Other religion: Native American Church 0
Other religion: New Age 3
Other religion: Occult 0
Other religion: Other religions 97
Other religion: Own Belief System 3
Other religion: Pagan 162
Other religion: Pantheism 8
Other religion: Rastafarian 10
Other religion: Ravidassia 2
Other religion: Reconstructionist 2
Other religion: Satanism 17
Other religion: Scientology 2
Other religion: Shamanism 2
Other religion: Shintoism 3
Other religion: Spiritual 86
Other religion: Spiritualist 77
Other religion: Taoist 9
Other religion: Theism 2
Other religion: Thelemite 2
Other religion: Traditional African Religion 1
Other religion: Unification Church 0
Other religion: Universalist 2
Other religion: Valmiki 0
Other religion: Vodun 2
Other religion: Wicca 48
Other religion: Witchcraft 4
Other religion: Yazidi 0
Other religion: Zoroastrian 8
Religion not stated 7,536

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