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
88,080
Christian
44,415
Buddhist
458
Hindu
2,029
Jewish
223
Muslim
2,519
Sikh
1,269
No religion
30,655
No religion: Agnostic
84
No religion: Atheist
19
No religion: Free Thinker
1
No religion: Humanist
18
No religion: No religion
30,533
No religion: Realist
0
Other religion
450
Other religion: Alevi
1
Other religion: Animism
1
Other religion: Baha'i
5
Other religion: Believe in God
5
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
0
Other religion: Chinese Religion
0
Other religion: Church of All Religion
1
Other religion: Confucianist
0
Other religion: Deist
4
Other religion: Druid
4
Other religion: Druze
0
Other religion: Eckankar
0
Other religion: Heathen
6
Other religion: Jain
25
Other religion: Mixed Religion
24
Other religion: Mysticism
1
Other religion: Native American Church
0
Other religion: New Age
0
Other religion: Occult
0
Other religion: Other religions
103
Other religion: Own Belief System
3
Other religion: Pagan
80
Other religion: Pantheism
7
Other religion: Rastafarian
1
Other religion: Ravidassia
7
Other religion: Reconstructionist
2
Other religion: Satanism
10
Other religion: Scientology
4
Other religion: Shamanism
11
Other religion: Shintoism
1
Other religion: Spiritual
60
Other religion: Spiritualist
47
Other religion: Taoist
6
Other religion: Theism
5
Other religion: Thelemite
0
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
0
Other religion: Unification Church
0
Other religion: Universalist
0
Other religion: Valmiki
0
Other religion: Vodun
1
Other religion: Wicca
16
Other religion: Witchcraft
1
Other religion: Yazidi
0
Other religion: Zoroastrian
8
Religion not stated
6,062
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