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
99,754
Christian
42,173
Buddhist
4,732
Hindu
5,708
Jewish
60
Muslim
2,462
Sikh
198
No religion
37,853
No religion: Agnostic
57
No religion: Atheist
40
No religion: Free Thinker
0
No religion: Humanist
16
No religion: No religion
37,740
No religion: Realist
0
Other religion
1,244
Other religion: Alevi
1
Other religion: Animism
0
Other religion: Baha'i
3
Other religion: Believe in God
5
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
0
Other religion: Chinese Religion
0
Other religion: Church of All Religion
0
Other religion: Confucianist
0
Other religion: Deist
2
Other religion: Druid
6
Other religion: Druze
0
Other religion: Eckankar
0
Other religion: Heathen
18
Other religion: Jain
19
Other religion: Mixed Religion
18
Other religion: Mysticism
0
Other religion: Native American Church
0
Other religion: New Age
0
Other religion: Occult
0
Other religion: Other religions
163
Other religion: Own Belief System
4
Other religion: Pagan
132
Other religion: Pantheism
2
Other religion: Rastafarian
7
Other religion: Ravidassia
1
Other religion: Reconstructionist
0
Other religion: Satanism
6
Other religion: Scientology
2
Other religion: Shamanism
706
Other religion: Shintoism
4
Other religion: Spiritual
48
Other religion: Spiritualist
56
Other religion: Taoist
4
Other religion: Theism
0
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
32
Other religion: Witchcraft
0
Other religion: Yazidi
0
Other religion: Zoroastrian
5
Religion not stated
5,324
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