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
132,413
Christian
63,145
Buddhist
401
Hindu
1,283
Jewish
64
Muslim
6,200
Sikh
255
No religion
52,508
No religion: Agnostic
63
No religion: Atheist
32
No religion: Free Thinker
0
No religion: Humanist
9
No religion: No religion
52,403
No religion: Realist
1
Other religion
649
Other religion: Alevi
0
Other religion: Animism
3
Other religion: Baha'i
3
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
1
Other religion: Druid
3
Other religion: Druze
1
Other religion: Eckankar
0
Other religion: Heathen
9
Other religion: Jain
12
Other religion: Mixed Religion
19
Other religion: Mysticism
0
Other religion: Native American Church
0
Other religion: New Age
0
Other religion: Occult
0
Other religion: Other religions
162
Other religion: Own Belief System
5
Other religion: Pagan
174
Other religion: Pantheism
5
Other religion: Rastafarian
17
Other religion: Ravidassia
0
Other religion: Reconstructionist
0
Other religion: Satanism
12
Other religion: Scientology
1
Other religion: Shamanism
6
Other religion: Shintoism
1
Other religion: Spiritual
53
Other religion: Spiritualist
111
Other religion: Taoist
9
Other religion: Theism
2
Other religion: Thelemite
0
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
0
Other religion: Unification Church
0
Other religion: Universalist
0
Other religion: Valmiki
0
Other religion: Vodun
0
Other religion: Wicca
31
Other religion: Witchcraft
4
Other religion: Yazidi
0
Other religion: Zoroastrian
3
Religion not stated
7,908
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