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
117,266
Christian
49,698
Buddhist
364
Hindu
774
Jewish
98
Muslim
2,478
Sikh
952
No religion
55,880
No religion: Agnostic
57
No religion: Atheist
21
No religion: Free Thinker
0
No religion: Humanist
30
No religion: No religion
55,772
No religion: Realist
0
Other religion
551
Other religion: Alevi
26
Other religion: Animism
1
Other religion: Baha'i
14
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
1
Other religion: Druid
6
Other religion: Druze
0
Other religion: Eckankar
4
Other religion: Heathen
10
Other religion: Jain
17
Other religion: Mixed Religion
23
Other religion: Mysticism
1
Other religion: Native American Church
0
Other religion: New Age
1
Other religion: Occult
0
Other religion: Other religions
109
Other religion: Own Belief System
2
Other religion: Pagan
174
Other religion: Pantheism
2
Other religion: Rastafarian
12
Other religion: Ravidassia
0
Other religion: Reconstructionist
3
Other religion: Satanism
8
Other religion: Scientology
1
Other religion: Shamanism
0
Other religion: Shintoism
2
Other religion: Spiritual
45
Other religion: Spiritualist
41
Other religion: Taoist
1
Other religion: Theism
0
Other religion: Thelemite
0
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
3
Other religion: Unification Church
0
Other religion: Universalist
1
Other religion: Valmiki
0
Other religion: Vodun
0
Other religion: Wicca
26
Other religion: Witchcraft
2
Other religion: Yazidi
4
Other religion: Zoroastrian
7
Religion not stated
6,471
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