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
89,498
Christian
38,712
Buddhist
398
Hindu
1,397
Jewish
163
Muslim
2,822
Sikh
307
No religion
40,158
No religion: Agnostic
49
No religion: Atheist
16
No religion: Free Thinker
0
No religion: Humanist
6
No religion: No religion
40,087
No religion: Realist
0
Other religion
526
Other religion: Alevi
7
Other religion: Animism
2
Other religion: Baha'i
10
Other religion: Believe in God
4
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
5
Other religion: Druze
0
Other religion: Eckankar
0
Other religion: Heathen
10
Other religion: Jain
56
Other religion: Mixed Religion
13
Other religion: Mysticism
1
Other religion: Native American Church
0
Other religion: New Age
4
Other religion: Occult
0
Other religion: Other religions
84
Other religion: Own Belief System
1
Other religion: Pagan
126
Other religion: Pantheism
1
Other religion: Rastafarian
11
Other religion: Ravidassia
0
Other religion: Reconstructionist
3
Other religion: Satanism
4
Other religion: Scientology
0
Other religion: Shamanism
0
Other religion: Shintoism
1
Other religion: Spiritual
55
Other religion: Spiritualist
83
Other religion: Taoist
7
Other religion: Theism
3
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
0
Other religion: Wicca
24
Other religion: Witchcraft
2
Other religion: Yazidi
0
Other religion: Zoroastrian
8
Religion not stated
5,015
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