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
162,037
Christian
61,750
Buddhist
1,195
Hindu
2,523
Jewish
1,120
Muslim
14,093
Sikh
599
No religion
63,200
No religion: Agnostic
221
No religion: Atheist
72
No religion: Free Thinker
0
No religion: Humanist
46
No religion: No religion
62,861
No religion: Realist
0
Other religion
1,447
Other religion: Alevi
18
Other religion: Animism
9
Other religion: Baha'i
61
Other religion: Believe in God
17
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
1
Other religion: Chinese Religion
0
Other religion: Church of All Religion
0
Other religion: Confucianist
0
Other religion: Deist
7
Other religion: Druid
8
Other religion: Druze
4
Other religion: Eckankar
0
Other religion: Heathen
10
Other religion: Jain
33
Other religion: Mixed Religion
55
Other religion: Mysticism
0
Other religion: Native American Church
0
Other religion: New Age
1
Other religion: Occult
1
Other religion: Other religions
361
Other religion: Own Belief System
7
Other religion: Pagan
246
Other religion: Pantheism
16
Other religion: Rastafarian
14
Other religion: Ravidassia
10
Other religion: Reconstructionist
5
Other religion: Satanism
14
Other religion: Scientology
1
Other religion: Shamanism
163
Other religion: Shintoism
18
Other religion: Spiritual
159
Other religion: Spiritualist
76
Other religion: Taoist
19
Other religion: Theism
6
Other religion: Thelemite
2
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
1
Other religion: Unification Church
1
Other religion: Universalist
2
Other religion: Valmiki
45
Other religion: Vodun
1
Other religion: Wicca
21
Other religion: Witchcraft
1
Other religion: Yazidi
6
Other religion: Zoroastrian
27
Religion not stated
16,110
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