Census Data

Southwark: Religion (detailed)

Location Type: London Boroughs, ONS Geographic Code: E09000028

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Key Facts

All Residents 307,637
Male 149,004
Female 158,633
Households 130,818
Population Density (people/km2) 10,659.0
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 307,630
Christian 133,298
Buddhist 2,965
Hindu 3,444
Jewish 1,243
Muslim 29,633
Sikh 632
No religion 111,932
No religion: Agnostic 311
No religion: Atheist 124
No religion: Free Thinker 3
No religion: Humanist 62
No religion: No religion 111,432
No religion: Realist 0
Other religion 2,145
Other religion: Alevi 69
Other religion: Animism 2
Other religion: Baha'i 38
Other religion: Believe in God 28
Other religion: Brahma Kumari 0
Other religion: Chinese Religion 0
Other religion: Church of All Religion 0
Other religion: Confucianist 0
Other religion: Deist 7
Other religion: Druid 5
Other religion: Druze 3
Other religion: Eckankar 10
Other religion: Heathen 9
Other religion: Jain 79
Other religion: Mixed Religion 85
Other religion: Mysticism 1
Other religion: Native American Church 0
Other religion: New Age 4
Other religion: Occult 4
Other religion: Other religions 644
Other religion: Own Belief System 15
Other religion: Pagan 200
Other religion: Pantheism 14
Other religion: Rastafarian 127
Other religion: Ravidassia 2
Other religion: Reconstructionist 4
Other religion: Satanism 27
Other religion: Scientology 44
Other religion: Shamanism 9
Other religion: Shintoism 13
Other religion: Spiritual 388
Other religion: Spiritualist 116
Other religion: Taoist 45
Other religion: Theism 10
Other religion: Thelemite 3
Other religion: Traditional African Religion 23
Other religion: Unification Church 4
Other religion: Universalist 6
Other religion: Valmiki 0
Other religion: Vodun 6
Other religion: Wicca 35
Other religion: Witchcraft 6
Other religion: Yazidi 6
Other religion: Zoroastrian 54
Religion not stated 22,338

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