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
147,836
Christian
70,424
Buddhist
435
Hindu
4,398
Jewish
76
Muslim
23,825
Sikh
1,091
No religion
38,931
No religion: Agnostic
77
No religion: Atheist
23
No religion: Free Thinker
1
No religion: Humanist
16
No religion: No religion
38,814
No religion: Realist
0
Other religion
611
Other religion: Alevi
0
Other religion: Animism
0
Other religion: Baha'i
19
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
0
Other religion: Deist
2
Other religion: Druid
10
Other religion: Druze
0
Other religion: Eckankar
0
Other religion: Heathen
9
Other religion: Jain
14
Other religion: Mixed Religion
16
Other religion: Mysticism
1
Other religion: Native American Church
0
Other religion: New Age
0
Other religion: Occult
2
Other religion: Other religions
136
Other religion: Own Belief System
5
Other religion: Pagan
209
Other religion: Pantheism
3
Other religion: Rastafarian
13
Other religion: Ravidassia
3
Other religion: Reconstructionist
6
Other religion: Satanism
20
Other religion: Scientology
0
Other religion: Shamanism
1
Other religion: Shintoism
3
Other religion: Spiritual
45
Other religion: Spiritualist
37
Other religion: Taoist
4
Other religion: Theism
1
Other religion: Thelemite
1
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
2
Other religion: Unification Church
0
Other religion: Universalist
0
Other religion: Valmiki
0
Other religion: Vodun
1
Other religion: Wicca
41
Other religion: Witchcraft
0
Other religion: Yazidi
0
Other religion: Zoroastrian
4
Religion not stated
8,045
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