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
140,591
Christian
65,654
Buddhist
598
Hindu
803
Jewish
268
Muslim
2,129
Sikh
103
No religion
62,054
No religion: Agnostic
84
No religion: Atheist
36
No religion: Free Thinker
0
No religion: Humanist
27
No religion: No religion
61,907
No religion: Realist
0
Other religion
867
Other religion: Alevi
16
Other religion: Animism
1
Other religion: Baha'i
16
Other religion: Believe in God
3
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
0
Other religion: Chinese Religion
0
Other religion: Church of All Religion
0
Other religion: Confucianist
1
Other religion: Deist
4
Other religion: Druid
6
Other religion: Druze
0
Other religion: Eckankar
0
Other religion: Heathen
13
Other religion: Jain
8
Other religion: Mixed Religion
19
Other religion: Mysticism
0
Other religion: Native American Church
0
Other religion: New Age
0
Other religion: Occult
2
Other religion: Other religions
175
Other religion: Own Belief System
7
Other religion: Pagan
265
Other religion: Pantheism
3
Other religion: Rastafarian
5
Other religion: Ravidassia
0
Other religion: Reconstructionist
3
Other religion: Satanism
23
Other religion: Scientology
0
Other religion: Shamanism
1
Other religion: Shintoism
3
Other religion: Spiritual
106
Other religion: Spiritualist
112
Other religion: Taoist
10
Other religion: Theism
2
Other religion: Thelemite
1
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
5
Other religion: Unification Church
0
Other religion: Universalist
4
Other religion: Valmiki
0
Other religion: Vodun
0
Other religion: Wicca
47
Other religion: Witchcraft
5
Other religion: Yazidi
0
Other religion: Zoroastrian
1
Religion not stated
8,115
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