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
70,502
Christian
42,171
Buddhist
164
Hindu
237
Jewish
41
Muslim
967
Sikh
32
No religion
22,034
No religion: Agnostic
15
No religion: Atheist
15
No religion: Free Thinker
0
No religion: Humanist
6
No religion: No religion
21,998
No religion: Realist
0
Other religion
283
Other religion: Alevi
1
Other religion: Animism
0
Other religion: Baha'i
0
Other religion: Believe in God
0
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
0
Other religion: Chinese Religion
0
Other religion: Church of All Religion
0
Other religion: Confucianist
0
Other religion: Deist
3
Other religion: Druid
3
Other religion: Druze
0
Other religion: Eckankar
0
Other religion: Heathen
5
Other religion: Jain
1
Other religion: Mixed Religion
1
Other religion: Mysticism
0
Other religion: Native American Church
0
Other religion: New Age
1
Other religion: Occult
1
Other religion: Other religions
74
Other religion: Own Belief System
0
Other religion: Pagan
110
Other religion: Pantheism
2
Other religion: Rastafarian
5
Other religion: Ravidassia
0
Other religion: Reconstructionist
0
Other religion: Satanism
6
Other religion: Scientology
1
Other religion: Shamanism
0
Other religion: Shintoism
0
Other religion: Spiritual
20
Other religion: Spiritualist
26
Other religion: Taoist
2
Other religion: Theism
2
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
17
Other religion: Witchcraft
2
Other religion: Yazidi
0
Other religion: Zoroastrian
0
Religion not stated
4,573
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