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
262,052
Christian
136,765
Buddhist
1,092
Hindu
6,454
Jewish
1,305
Muslim
16,135
Sikh
4,498
No religion
80,235
No religion: Agnostic
87
No religion: Atheist
35
No religion: Free Thinker
0
No religion: Humanist
23
No religion: No religion
80,090
No religion: Realist
0
Other religion
1,056
Other religion: Alevi
55
Other religion: Animism
3
Other religion: Baha'i
23
Other religion: Believe in God
4
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
1
Other religion: Chinese Religion
1
Other religion: Church of All Religion
0
Other religion: Confucianist
0
Other religion: Deist
2
Other religion: Druid
3
Other religion: Druze
0
Other religion: Eckankar
0
Other religion: Heathen
8
Other religion: Jain
105
Other religion: Mixed Religion
56
Other religion: Mysticism
0
Other religion: Native American Church
1
Other religion: New Age
0
Other religion: Occult
1
Other religion: Other religions
251
Other religion: Own Belief System
4
Other religion: Pagan
179
Other religion: Pantheism
6
Other religion: Rastafarian
14
Other religion: Ravidassia
33
Other religion: Reconstructionist
8
Other religion: Satanism
21
Other religion: Scientology
1
Other religion: Shamanism
22
Other religion: Shintoism
3
Other religion: Spiritual
83
Other religion: Spiritualist
96
Other religion: Taoist
8
Other religion: Theism
1
Other religion: Thelemite
2
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
6
Other religion: Unification Church
0
Other religion: Universalist
1
Other religion: Valmiki
2
Other religion: Vodun
0
Other religion: Wicca
37
Other religion: Witchcraft
1
Other religion: Yazidi
0
Other religion: Zoroastrian
14
Religion not stated
14,512
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