Census Data

Sefton: Religion (detailed)

Location Type: Metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E08000014

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Key Facts

All Residents 279,233
Male 135,243
Female 143,990
Households 123,073
Population Density (people/km2) 1,783.4
Table Codets031
Issued2022-11-29
Unit of MeasurePerson
Number of Response Options58

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 279,235
Christian 179,806
Buddhist 681
Hindu 1,095
Jewish 364
Muslim 2,257
Sikh 133
No religion 79,905
No religion: Agnostic 119
No religion: Atheist 47
No religion: Free Thinker 0
No religion: Humanist 47
No religion: No religion 79,692
No religion: Realist 0
Other religion 982
Other religion: Alevi 12
Other religion: Animism 0
Other religion: Baha'i 12
Other religion: Believe in God 6
Other religion: Brahma Kumari 0
Other religion: Chinese Religion 1
Other religion: Church of All Religion 0
Other religion: Confucianist 0
Other religion: Deist 3
Other religion: Druid 8
Other religion: Druze 0
Other religion: Eckankar 1
Other religion: Heathen 13
Other religion: Jain 5
Other religion: Mixed Religion 19
Other religion: Mysticism 0
Other religion: Native American Church 0
Other religion: New Age 0
Other religion: Occult 2
Other religion: Other religions 246
Other religion: Own Belief System 6
Other religion: Pagan 260
Other religion: Pantheism 6
Other religion: Rastafarian 3
Other religion: Ravidassia 0
Other religion: Reconstructionist 4
Other religion: Satanism 21
Other religion: Scientology 0
Other religion: Shamanism 2
Other religion: Shintoism 1
Other religion: Spiritual 126
Other religion: Spiritualist 138
Other religion: Taoist 17
Other religion: Theism 6
Other religion: Thelemite 1
Other religion: Traditional African Religion 0
Other religion: Unification Church 1
Other religion: Universalist 3
Other religion: Valmiki 0
Other religion: Vodun 0
Other religion: Wicca 55
Other religion: Witchcraft 1
Other religion: Yazidi 0
Other religion: Zoroastrian 3
Religion not stated 14,012

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