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
147,773
Christian
77,783
Buddhist
264
Hindu
259
Jewish
36
Muslim
3,736
Sikh
461
No religion
58,045
No religion: Agnostic
43
No religion: Atheist
36
No religion: Free Thinker
0
No religion: Humanist
15
No religion: No religion
57,951
No religion: Realist
0
Other religion
517
Other religion: Alevi
12
Other religion: Animism
0
Other religion: Baha'i
0
Other religion: Believe in God
2
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
0
Other religion: Chinese Religion
0
Other religion: Church of All Religion
0
Other religion: Confucianist
1
Other religion: Deist
1
Other religion: Druid
5
Other religion: Druze
0
Other religion: Eckankar
1
Other religion: Heathen
12
Other religion: Jain
0
Other religion: Mixed Religion
9
Other religion: Mysticism
0
Other religion: Native American Church
0
Other religion: New Age
0
Other religion: Occult
0
Other religion: Other religions
103
Other religion: Own Belief System
4
Other religion: Pagan
148
Other religion: Pantheism
4
Other religion: Rastafarian
4
Other religion: Ravidassia
0
Other religion: Reconstructionist
1
Other religion: Satanism
11
Other religion: Scientology
5
Other religion: Shamanism
1
Other religion: Shintoism
2
Other religion: Spiritual
56
Other religion: Spiritualist
85
Other religion: Taoist
2
Other religion: Theism
0
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
1
Other religion: Wicca
40
Other religion: Witchcraft
1
Other religion: Yazidi
0
Other religion: Zoroastrian
6
Religion not stated
6,672
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