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
261,208
Christian
88,602
Buddhist
2,812
Hindu
67,392
Jewish
7,304
Muslim
41,503
Sikh
2,743
No religion
27,748
No religion: Agnostic
93
No religion: Atheist
36
No religion: Free Thinker
1
No religion: Humanist
28
No religion: No religion
27,590
No religion: Realist
0
Other religion
7,700
Other religion: Alevi
74
Other religion: Animism
1
Other religion: Baha'i
55
Other religion: Believe in God
14
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
7
Other religion: Chinese Religion
4
Other religion: Church of All Religion
0
Other religion: Confucianist
1
Other religion: Deist
5
Other religion: Druid
2
Other religion: Druze
1
Other religion: Eckankar
7
Other religion: Heathen
7
Other religion: Jain
6,246
Other religion: Mixed Religion
176
Other religion: Mysticism
2
Other religion: Native American Church
0
Other religion: New Age
1
Other religion: Occult
0
Other religion: Other religions
437
Other religion: Own Belief System
5
Other religion: Pagan
59
Other religion: Pantheism
5
Other religion: Rastafarian
23
Other religion: Ravidassia
1
Other religion: Reconstructionist
0
Other religion: Satanism
5
Other religion: Scientology
2
Other religion: Shamanism
136
Other religion: Shintoism
5
Other religion: Spiritual
91
Other religion: Spiritualist
95
Other religion: Taoist
14
Other religion: Theism
3
Other religion: Thelemite
0
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
8
Other religion: Unification Church
10
Other religion: Universalist
3
Other religion: Valmiki
0
Other religion: Vodun
1
Other religion: Wicca
15
Other religion: Witchcraft
3
Other religion: Yazidi
3
Other religion: Zoroastrian
173
Religion not stated
15,404
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