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
143,919
Christian
48,399
Buddhist
983
Hindu
1,719
Jewish
331
Muslim
4,289
Sikh
185
No religion
76,970
No religion: Agnostic
185
No religion: Atheist
56
No religion: Free Thinker
0
No religion: Humanist
51
No religion: No religion
76,678
No religion: Realist
0
Other religion
1,283
Other religion: Alevi
33
Other religion: Animism
7
Other religion: Baha'i
12
Other religion: Believe in God
14
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
1
Other religion: Chinese Religion
0
Other religion: Church of All Religion
0
Other religion: Confucianist
0
Other religion: Deist
8
Other religion: Druid
6
Other religion: Druze
2
Other religion: Eckankar
0
Other religion: Heathen
16
Other religion: Jain
23
Other religion: Mixed Religion
43
Other religion: Mysticism
0
Other religion: Native American Church
1
Other religion: New Age
1
Other religion: Occult
3
Other religion: Other religions
241
Other religion: Own Belief System
16
Other religion: Pagan
366
Other religion: Pantheism
16
Other religion: Rastafarian
16
Other religion: Ravidassia
1
Other religion: Reconstructionist
4
Other religion: Satanism
31
Other religion: Scientology
1
Other religion: Shamanism
8
Other religion: Shintoism
12
Other religion: Spiritual
164
Other religion: Spiritualist
128
Other religion: Taoist
21
Other religion: Theism
5
Other religion: Thelemite
0
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
0
Other religion: Unification Church
0
Other religion: Universalist
1
Other religion: Valmiki
0
Other religion: Vodun
1
Other religion: Wicca
68
Other religion: Witchcraft
7
Other religion: Yazidi
0
Other religion: Zoroastrian
6
Religion not stated
9,760
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