Census Data

Croydon: Religion (detailed)

Location Type: London Boroughs, ONS Geographic Code: E09000008

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Key Facts

All Residents 390,719
Male 187,633
Female 203,086
Households 152,946
Population Density (people/km2) 4,516.0
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 390,723
Christian 190,880
Buddhist 2,371
Hindu 23,145
Jewish 609
Muslim 40,717
Sikh 1,654
No religion 101,120
No religion: Agnostic 212
No religion: Atheist 74
No religion: Free Thinker 3
No religion: Humanist 58
No religion: No religion 100,773
No religion: Realist 0
Other religion 3,192
Other religion: Alevi 106
Other religion: Animism 2
Other religion: Baha'i 22
Other religion: Believe in God 42
Other religion: Brahma Kumari 0
Other religion: Chinese Religion 0
Other religion: Church of All Religion 0
Other religion: Confucianist 1
Other religion: Deist 4
Other religion: Druid 8
Other religion: Druze 0
Other religion: Eckankar 12
Other religion: Heathen 15
Other religion: Jain 863
Other religion: Mixed Religion 131
Other religion: Mysticism 1
Other religion: Native American Church 0
Other religion: New Age 2
Other religion: Occult 0
Other religion: Other religions 764
Other religion: Own Belief System 18
Other religion: Pagan 236
Other religion: Pantheism 9
Other religion: Rastafarian 138
Other religion: Ravidassia 1
Other religion: Reconstructionist 7
Other religion: Satanism 16
Other religion: Scientology 15
Other religion: Shamanism 10
Other religion: Shintoism 13
Other religion: Spiritual 321
Other religion: Spiritualist 229
Other religion: Taoist 27
Other religion: Theism 6
Other religion: Thelemite 0
Other religion: Traditional African Religion 24
Other religion: Unification Church 19
Other religion: Universalist 3
Other religion: Valmiki 0
Other religion: Vodun 4
Other religion: Wicca 54
Other religion: Witchcraft 5
Other religion: Yazidi 17
Other religion: Zoroastrian 47
Religion not stated 27,035

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