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
216,590
Christian
75,129
Buddhist
1,813
Hindu
2,195
Jewish
2,714
Muslim
25,840
Sikh
603
No religion
88,465
No religion: Agnostic
286
No religion: Atheist
119
No religion: Free Thinker
1
No religion: Humanist
44
No religion: No religion
88,015
No religion: Realist
0
Other religion
2,929
Other religion: Alevi
1,415
Other religion: Animism
9
Other religion: Baha'i
34
Other religion: Believe in God
29
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
0
Other religion: Chinese Religion
0
Other religion: Church of All Religion
0
Other religion: Confucianist
0
Other religion: Deist
12
Other religion: Druid
9
Other religion: Druze
5
Other religion: Eckankar
4
Other religion: Heathen
4
Other religion: Jain
54
Other religion: Mixed Religion
87
Other religion: Mysticism
2
Other religion: Native American Church
1
Other religion: New Age
4
Other religion: Occult
3
Other religion: Other religions
468
Other religion: Own Belief System
7
Other religion: Pagan
151
Other religion: Pantheism
22
Other religion: Rastafarian
69
Other religion: Ravidassia
4
Other religion: Reconstructionist
5
Other religion: Satanism
25
Other religion: Scientology
2
Other religion: Shamanism
2
Other religion: Shintoism
13
Other religion: Spiritual
294
Other religion: Spiritualist
81
Other religion: Taoist
40
Other religion: Theism
3
Other religion: Thelemite
1
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
8
Other religion: Unification Church
0
Other religion: Universalist
9
Other religion: Valmiki
0
Other religion: Vodun
4
Other religion: Wicca
21
Other religion: Witchcraft
6
Other religion: Yazidi
0
Other religion: Zoroastrian
22
Religion not stated
16,902
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