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
119,838
Christian
56,536
Buddhist
890
Hindu
3,807
Jewish
1,093
Muslim
3,923
Sikh
450
No religion
44,307
No religion: Agnostic
73
No religion: Atheist
27
No religion: Free Thinker
0
No religion: Humanist
17
No religion: No religion
44,190
No religion: Realist
0
Other religion
821
Other religion: Alevi
60
Other religion: Animism
0
Other religion: Baha'i
46
Other religion: Believe in God
5
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
0
Other religion: Chinese Religion
0
Other religion: Church of All Religion
0
Other religion: Confucianist
0
Other religion: Deist
0
Other religion: Druid
3
Other religion: Druze
0
Other religion: Eckankar
0
Other religion: Heathen
6
Other religion: Jain
113
Other religion: Mixed Religion
50
Other religion: Mysticism
0
Other religion: Native American Church
0
Other religion: New Age
3
Other religion: Occult
6
Other religion: Other religions
163
Other religion: Own Belief System
10
Other religion: Pagan
113
Other religion: Pantheism
4
Other religion: Rastafarian
12
Other religion: Ravidassia
2
Other religion: Reconstructionist
0
Other religion: Satanism
10
Other religion: Scientology
2
Other religion: Shamanism
1
Other religion: Shintoism
2
Other religion: Spiritual
72
Other religion: Spiritualist
66
Other religion: Taoist
5
Other religion: Theism
2
Other religion: Thelemite
0
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
3
Other religion: Unification Church
2
Other religion: Universalist
0
Other religion: Valmiki
0
Other religion: Vodun
0
Other religion: Wicca
24
Other religion: Witchcraft
3
Other religion: Yazidi
0
Other religion: Zoroastrian
33
Religion not stated
8,011
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