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
90,454
Christian
45,265
Buddhist
951
Hindu
2,021
Jewish
142
Muslim
2,829
Sikh
1,054
No religion
32,543
No religion: Agnostic
31
No religion: Atheist
22
No religion: Free Thinker
1
No religion: Humanist
9
No religion: No religion
32,480
No religion: Realist
0
Other religion
496
Other religion: Alevi
9
Other religion: Animism
3
Other religion: Baha'i
39
Other religion: Believe in God
2
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
0
Other religion: Chinese Religion
0
Other religion: Church of All Religion
0
Other religion: Confucianist
0
Other religion: Deist
1
Other religion: Druid
2
Other religion: Druze
0
Other religion: Eckankar
0
Other religion: Heathen
7
Other religion: Jain
27
Other religion: Mixed Religion
20
Other religion: Mysticism
0
Other religion: Native American Church
0
Other religion: New Age
3
Other religion: Occult
1
Other religion: Other religions
80
Other religion: Own Belief System
1
Other religion: Pagan
83
Other religion: Pantheism
2
Other religion: Rastafarian
0
Other religion: Ravidassia
4
Other religion: Reconstructionist
2
Other religion: Satanism
4
Other religion: Scientology
1
Other religion: Shamanism
91
Other religion: Shintoism
5
Other religion: Spiritual
38
Other religion: Spiritualist
36
Other religion: Taoist
5
Other religion: Theism
2
Other religion: Thelemite
1
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
0
Other religion: Unification Church
3
Other religion: Universalist
0
Other religion: Valmiki
1
Other religion: Vodun
0
Other religion: Wicca
15
Other religion: Witchcraft
0
Other religion: Yazidi
0
Other religion: Zoroastrian
8
Religion not stated
5,153
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