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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