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
118,494
Christian
50,497
Buddhist
529
Hindu
6,090
Jewish
96
Muslim
11,521
Sikh
851
No religion
41,555
No religion: Agnostic
60
No religion: Atheist
27
No religion: Free Thinker
0
No religion: Humanist
13
No religion: No religion
41,455
No religion: Realist
0
Other religion
635
Other religion: Alevi
2
Other religion: Animism
0
Other religion: Baha'i
9
Other religion: Believe in God
8
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
2
Other religion: Chinese Religion
0
Other religion: Church of All Religion
0
Other religion: Confucianist
0
Other religion: Deist
4
Other religion: Druid
1
Other religion: Druze
0
Other religion: Eckankar
0
Other religion: Heathen
11
Other religion: Jain
86
Other religion: Mixed Religion
27
Other religion: Mysticism
0
Other religion: Native American Church
0
Other religion: New Age
0
Other religion: Occult
0
Other religion: Other religions
157
Other religion: Own Belief System
3
Other religion: Pagan
121
Other religion: Pantheism
3
Other religion: Rastafarian
13
Other religion: Ravidassia
17
Other religion: Reconstructionist
1
Other religion: Satanism
13
Other religion: Scientology
10
Other religion: Shamanism
1
Other religion: Shintoism
0
Other religion: Spiritual
38
Other religion: Spiritualist
66
Other religion: Taoist
3
Other religion: Theism
0
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
24
Other religion: Witchcraft
0
Other religion: Yazidi
0
Other religion: Zoroastrian
14
Religion not stated
6,720
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