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
102,250
Christian
45,447
Buddhist
1,021
Hindu
8,398
Jewish
944
Muslim
13,262
Sikh
664
No religion
25,340
No religion: Agnostic
52
No religion: Atheist
17
No religion: Free Thinker
2
No religion: Humanist
14
No religion: No religion
25,255
No religion: Realist
0
Other religion
863
Other religion: Alevi
12
Other religion: Animism
1
Other religion: Baha'i
16
Other religion: Believe in God
5
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
1
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
0
Other religion: Eckankar
6
Other religion: Heathen
2
Other religion: Jain
305
Other religion: Mixed Religion
79
Other religion: Mysticism
0
Other religion: Native American Church
0
Other religion: New Age
1
Other religion: Occult
0
Other religion: Other religions
167
Other religion: Own Belief System
2
Other religion: Pagan
62
Other religion: Pantheism
0
Other religion: Rastafarian
11
Other religion: Ravidassia
6
Other religion: Reconstructionist
2
Other religion: Satanism
4
Other religion: Scientology
0
Other religion: Shamanism
6
Other religion: Shintoism
7
Other religion: Spiritual
63
Other religion: Spiritualist
43
Other religion: Taoist
7
Other religion: Theism
2
Other religion: Thelemite
0
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
2
Other religion: Unification Church
0
Other religion: Universalist
3
Other religion: Valmiki
0
Other religion: Vodun
0
Other religion: Wicca
23
Other religion: Witchcraft
5
Other religion: Yazidi
0
Other religion: Zoroastrian
16
Religion not stated
6,311
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