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
278,429
Christian
108,630
Buddhist
1,834
Hindu
5,155
Jewish
1,268
Muslim
60,157
Sikh
1,285
No religion
77,739
No religion: Agnostic
197
No religion: Atheist
98
No religion: Free Thinker
1
No religion: Humanist
57
No religion: No religion
77,385
No religion: Realist
1
Other religion
2,813
Other religion: Alevi
1,383
Other religion: Animism
2
Other religion: Baha'i
17
Other religion: Believe in God
21
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
0
Other religion: Chinese Religion
3
Other religion: Church of All Religion
0
Other religion: Confucianist
0
Other religion: Deist
5
Other religion: Druid
6
Other religion: Druze
8
Other religion: Eckankar
1
Other religion: Heathen
5
Other religion: Jain
41
Other religion: Mixed Religion
67
Other religion: Mysticism
3
Other religion: Native American Church
0
Other religion: New Age
2
Other religion: Occult
0
Other religion: Other religions
528
Other religion: Own Belief System
5
Other religion: Pagan
170
Other religion: Pantheism
12
Other religion: Rastafarian
85
Other religion: Ravidassia
4
Other religion: Reconstructionist
3
Other religion: Satanism
17
Other religion: Scientology
12
Other religion: Shamanism
2
Other religion: Shintoism
12
Other religion: Spiritual
201
Other religion: Spiritualist
95
Other religion: Taoist
16
Other religion: Theism
7
Other religion: Thelemite
0
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
4
Other religion: Unification Church
0
Other religion: Universalist
6
Other religion: Valmiki
11
Other religion: Vodun
2
Other religion: Wicca
33
Other religion: Witchcraft
2
Other religion: Yazidi
0
Other religion: Zoroastrian
22
Religion not stated
19,548
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