Census Data

Lewisham: Religion (detailed)

Location Type: London Boroughs, ONS Geographic Code: E09000023

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Key Facts

All Residents 300,553
Male 142,733
Female 157,820
Households 122,392
Population Density (people/km2) 8,551.5
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 300,551
Christian 131,706
Buddhist 3,270
Hindu 6,459
Jewish 826
Muslim 22,264
Sikh 720
No religion 110,379
No religion: Agnostic 281
No religion: Atheist 141
No religion: Free Thinker 0
No religion: Humanist 64
No religion: No religion 109,893
No religion: Realist 0
Other religion 2,267
Other religion: Alevi 74
Other religion: Animism 12
Other religion: Baha'i 35
Other religion: Believe in God 19
Other religion: Brahma Kumari 1
Other religion: Chinese Religion 3
Other religion: Church of All Religion 0
Other religion: Confucianist 1
Other religion: Deist 6
Other religion: Druid 5
Other religion: Druze 2
Other religion: Eckankar 4
Other religion: Heathen 28
Other religion: Jain 26
Other religion: Mixed Religion 94
Other religion: Mysticism 4
Other religion: Native American Church 0
Other religion: New Age 4
Other religion: Occult 4
Other religion: Other religions 722
Other religion: Own Belief System 18
Other religion: Pagan 254
Other religion: Pantheism 28
Other religion: Rastafarian 161
Other religion: Ravidassia 8
Other religion: Reconstructionist 2
Other religion: Satanism 25
Other religion: Scientology 6
Other religion: Shamanism 1
Other religion: Shintoism 19
Other religion: Spiritual 395
Other religion: Spiritualist 117
Other religion: Taoist 47
Other religion: Theism 5
Other religion: Thelemite 4
Other religion: Traditional African Religion 15
Other religion: Unification Church 0
Other religion: Universalist 5
Other religion: Valmiki 0
Other religion: Vodun 4
Other religion: Wicca 57
Other religion: Witchcraft 13
Other religion: Yazidi 4
Other religion: Zoroastrian 35
Religion not stated 22,660

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