Census Data

Newham: Religion (detailed)

Location Type: London Boroughs, ONS Geographic Code: E09000025

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Key Facts

All Residents 351,036
Male 175,313
Female 175,723
Households 115,507
Population Density (people/km2) 9,690.1
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 351,038
Christian 123,746
Buddhist 2,160
Hindu 21,405
Jewish 448
Muslim 122,146
Sikh 5,638
No religion 50,794
No religion: Agnostic 175
No religion: Atheist 46
No religion: Free Thinker 0
No religion: Humanist 17
No religion: No religion 50,556
No religion: Realist 0
Other religion 1,768
Other religion: Alevi 81
Other religion: Animism 2
Other religion: Baha'i 18
Other religion: Believe in God 15
Other religion: Brahma Kumari 0
Other religion: Chinese Religion 0
Other religion: Church of All Religion 0
Other religion: Confucianist 0
Other religion: Deist 3
Other religion: Druid 8
Other religion: Druze 1
Other religion: Eckankar 6
Other religion: Heathen 6
Other religion: Jain 162
Other religion: Mixed Religion 95
Other religion: Mysticism 0
Other religion: Native American Church 0
Other religion: New Age 4
Other religion: Occult 0
Other religion: Other religions 591
Other religion: Own Belief System 16
Other religion: Pagan 96
Other religion: Pantheism 6
Other religion: Rastafarian 90
Other religion: Ravidassia 164
Other religion: Reconstructionist 5
Other religion: Satanism 16
Other religion: Scientology 22
Other religion: Shamanism 17
Other religion: Shintoism 4
Other religion: Spiritual 187
Other religion: Spiritualist 57
Other religion: Taoist 20
Other religion: Theism 7
Other religion: Thelemite 0
Other religion: Traditional African Religion 5
Other religion: Unification Church 1
Other religion: Universalist 0
Other religion: Valmiki 2
Other religion: Vodun 3
Other religion: Wicca 32
Other religion: Witchcraft 2
Other religion: Yazidi 0
Other religion: Zoroastrian 24
Religion not stated 22,933

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