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
116,750
Christian
56,172
Buddhist
691
Hindu
4,433
Jewish
91
Muslim
4,100
Sikh
2,014
No religion
42,581
No religion: Agnostic
53
No religion: Atheist
18
No religion: Free Thinker
0
No religion: Humanist
14
No religion: No religion
42,496
No religion: Realist
0
Other religion
463
Other religion: Alevi
4
Other religion: Animism
0
Other religion: Baha'i
8
Other religion: Believe in God
1
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
0
Other religion: Chinese Religion
2
Other religion: Church of All Religion
0
Other religion: Confucianist
0
Other religion: Deist
0
Other religion: Druid
3
Other religion: Druze
0
Other religion: Eckankar
0
Other religion: Heathen
9
Other religion: Jain
12
Other religion: Mixed Religion
25
Other religion: Mysticism
1
Other religion: Native American Church
2
Other religion: New Age
0
Other religion: Occult
1
Other religion: Other religions
111
Other religion: Own Belief System
7
Other religion: Pagan
99
Other religion: Pantheism
1
Other religion: Rastafarian
5
Other religion: Ravidassia
14
Other religion: Reconstructionist
1
Other religion: Satanism
9
Other religion: Scientology
6
Other religion: Shamanism
9
Other religion: Shintoism
3
Other religion: Spiritual
43
Other religion: Spiritualist
42
Other religion: Taoist
2
Other religion: Theism
0
Other religion: Thelemite
0
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
3
Other religion: Unification Church
5
Other religion: Universalist
1
Other religion: Valmiki
0
Other religion: Vodun
0
Other religion: Wicca
16
Other religion: Witchcraft
5
Other religion: Yazidi
0
Other religion: Zoroastrian
13
Religion not stated
6,205
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