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
138,751
Christian
72,133
Buddhist
750
Hindu
2,218
Jewish
750
Muslim
3,531
Sikh
742
No religion
49,121
No religion: Agnostic
73
No religion: Atheist
42
No religion: Free Thinker
0
No religion: Humanist
21
No religion: No religion
48,985
No religion: Realist
0
Other religion
607
Other religion: Alevi
7
Other religion: Animism
0
Other religion: Baha'i
36
Other religion: Believe in God
12
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
0
Other religion: Chinese Religion
0
Other religion: Church of All Religion
0
Other religion: Confucianist
0
Other religion: Deist
4
Other religion: Druid
6
Other religion: Druze
5
Other religion: Eckankar
4
Other religion: Heathen
6
Other religion: Jain
28
Other religion: Mixed Religion
49
Other religion: Mysticism
0
Other religion: Native American Church
0
Other religion: New Age
0
Other religion: Occult
0
Other religion: Other religions
130
Other religion: Own Belief System
7
Other religion: Pagan
73
Other religion: Pantheism
3
Other religion: Rastafarian
4
Other religion: Ravidassia
4
Other religion: Reconstructionist
0
Other religion: Satanism
9
Other religion: Scientology
0
Other religion: Shamanism
4
Other religion: Shintoism
9
Other religion: Spiritual
87
Other religion: Spiritualist
47
Other religion: Taoist
6
Other religion: Theism
0
Other religion: Thelemite
0
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
0
Other religion: Unification Church
0
Other religion: Universalist
0
Other religion: Valmiki
1
Other religion: Vodun
4
Other religion: Wicca
20
Other religion: Witchcraft
2
Other religion: Yazidi
0
Other religion: Zoroastrian
40
Religion not stated
8,899
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