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
345,326
Christian
151,577
Buddhist
1,257
Hindu
13,724
Jewish
259
Muslim
35,800
Sikh
17,297
No religion
102,336
No religion: Agnostic
176
No religion: Atheist
67
No religion: Free Thinker
1
No religion: Humanist
48
No religion: No religion
102,043
No religion: Realist
1
Other religion
1,910
Other religion: Alevi
29
Other religion: Animism
0
Other religion: Baha'i
26
Other religion: Believe in God
12
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
0
Other religion: Chinese Religion
0
Other religion: Church of All Religion
0
Other religion: Confucianist
0
Other religion: Deist
9
Other religion: Druid
9
Other religion: Druze
1
Other religion: Eckankar
8
Other religion: Heathen
31
Other religion: Jain
106
Other religion: Mixed Religion
88
Other religion: Mysticism
0
Other religion: Native American Church
0
Other religion: New Age
1
Other religion: Occult
1
Other religion: Other religions
319
Other religion: Own Belief System
9
Other religion: Pagan
371
Other religion: Pantheism
7
Other religion: Rastafarian
37
Other religion: Ravidassia
299
Other religion: Reconstructionist
2
Other religion: Satanism
23
Other religion: Scientology
2
Other religion: Shamanism
13
Other religion: Shintoism
5
Other religion: Spiritual
147
Other religion: Spiritualist
136
Other religion: Taoist
17
Other religion: Theism
1
Other religion: Thelemite
0
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
3
Other religion: Unification Church
0
Other religion: Universalist
3
Other religion: Valmiki
81
Other religion: Vodun
0
Other religion: Wicca
67
Other religion: Witchcraft
4
Other religion: Yazidi
18
Other religion: Zoroastrian
25
Religion not stated
21,166
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