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
210,131
Christian
65,980
Buddhist
2,410
Hindu
3,991
Jewish
10,079
Muslim
33,830
Sikh
487
No religion
72,776
No religion: Agnostic
247
No religion: Atheist
112
No religion: Free Thinker
2
No religion: Humanist
76
No religion: No religion
72,339
No religion: Realist
0
Other religion
1,835
Other religion: Alevi
70
Other religion: Animism
7
Other religion: Baha'i
57
Other religion: Believe in God
21
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
2
Other religion: Chinese Religion
0
Other religion: Church of All Religion
0
Other religion: Confucianist
2
Other religion: Deist
11
Other religion: Druid
7
Other religion: Druze
15
Other religion: Eckankar
1
Other religion: Heathen
5
Other religion: Jain
190
Other religion: Mixed Religion
109
Other religion: Mysticism
0
Other religion: Native American Church
0
Other religion: New Age
5
Other religion: Occult
1
Other religion: Other religions
508
Other religion: Own Belief System
18
Other religion: Pagan
136
Other religion: Pantheism
18
Other religion: Rastafarian
44
Other religion: Ravidassia
4
Other religion: Reconstructionist
1
Other religion: Satanism
21
Other religion: Scientology
9
Other religion: Shamanism
4
Other religion: Shintoism
38
Other religion: Spiritual
274
Other religion: Spiritualist
80
Other religion: Taoist
41
Other religion: Theism
12
Other religion: Thelemite
0
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
6
Other religion: Unification Church
0
Other religion: Universalist
9
Other religion: Valmiki
0
Other religion: Vodun
2
Other religion: Wicca
27
Other religion: Witchcraft
7
Other religion: Yazidi
3
Other religion: Zoroastrian
70
Religion not stated
18,743
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