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
110,938
Christian
46,644
Buddhist
475
Hindu
1,215
Jewish
122
Muslim
2,545
Sikh
1,037
No religion
51,966
No religion: Agnostic
97
No religion: Atheist
37
No religion: Free Thinker
0
No religion: Humanist
24
No religion: No religion
51,807
No religion: Realist
1
Other religion
538
Other religion: Alevi
3
Other religion: Animism
0
Other religion: Baha'i
4
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
2
Other religion: Deist
3
Other religion: Druid
7
Other religion: Druze
0
Other religion: Eckankar
1
Other religion: Heathen
10
Other religion: Jain
25
Other religion: Mixed Religion
24
Other religion: Mysticism
0
Other religion: Native American Church
0
Other religion: New Age
0
Other religion: Occult
2
Other religion: Other religions
99
Other religion: Own Belief System
1
Other religion: Pagan
170
Other religion: Pantheism
6
Other religion: Rastafarian
3
Other religion: Ravidassia
1
Other religion: Reconstructionist
1
Other religion: Satanism
11
Other religion: Scientology
2
Other religion: Shamanism
7
Other religion: Shintoism
1
Other religion: Spiritual
57
Other religion: Spiritualist
65
Other religion: Taoist
5
Other religion: Theism
2
Other religion: Thelemite
0
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
1
Other religion: Unification Church
0
Other religion: Universalist
2
Other religion: Valmiki
0
Other religion: Vodun
0
Other religion: Wicca
15
Other religion: Witchcraft
1
Other religion: Yazidi
0
Other religion: Zoroastrian
4
Religion not stated
6,396
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