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
64,540
Christian
27,836
Buddhist
274
Hindu
209
Jewish
249
Muslim
840
Sikh
31
No religion
30,889
No religion: Agnostic
43
No religion: Atheist
16
No religion: Free Thinker
0
No religion: Humanist
14
No religion: No religion
30,816
No religion: Realist
0
Other religion
392
Other religion: Alevi
18
Other religion: Animism
0
Other religion: Baha'i
14
Other religion: Believe in God
3
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
3
Other religion: Chinese Religion
0
Other religion: Church of All Religion
0
Other religion: Confucianist
0
Other religion: Deist
1
Other religion: Druid
4
Other religion: Druze
0
Other religion: Eckankar
0
Other religion: Heathen
7
Other religion: Jain
4
Other religion: Mixed Religion
6
Other religion: Mysticism
0
Other religion: Native American Church
0
Other religion: New Age
1
Other religion: Occult
0
Other religion: Other religions
56
Other religion: Own Belief System
7
Other religion: Pagan
114
Other religion: Pantheism
4
Other religion: Rastafarian
4
Other religion: Ravidassia
0
Other religion: Reconstructionist
1
Other religion: Satanism
3
Other religion: Scientology
3
Other religion: Shamanism
0
Other religion: Shintoism
1
Other religion: Spiritual
44
Other religion: Spiritualist
63
Other religion: Taoist
4
Other religion: Theism
2
Other religion: Thelemite
1
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
0
Other religion: Unification Church
0
Other religion: Universalist
0
Other religion: Valmiki
0
Other religion: Vodun
0
Other religion: Wicca
20
Other religion: Witchcraft
1
Other religion: Yazidi
0
Other religion: Zoroastrian
3
Religion not stated
3,820
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