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
678,843
Christian
306,302
Buddhist
3,698
Hindu
7,245
Jewish
1,978
Muslim
13,953
Sikh
1,165
No religion
293,132
No religion: Agnostic
500
No religion: Atheist
257
No religion: Free Thinker
3
No religion: Humanist
183
No religion: No religion
292,188
No religion: Realist
1
Other religion
3,849
Other religion: Alevi
203
Other religion: Animism
15
Other religion: Baha'i
124
Other religion: Believe in God
25
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
8
Other religion: Chinese Religion
1
Other religion: Church of All Religion
0
Other religion: Confucianist
1
Other religion: Deist
21
Other religion: Druid
26
Other religion: Druze
1
Other religion: Eckankar
1
Other religion: Heathen
60
Other religion: Jain
109
Other religion: Mixed Religion
114
Other religion: Mysticism
3
Other religion: Native American Church
0
Other religion: New Age
9
Other religion: Occult
11
Other religion: Other religions
827
Other religion: Own Belief System
34
Other religion: Pagan
956
Other religion: Pantheism
40
Other religion: Rastafarian
38
Other religion: Ravidassia
11
Other religion: Reconstructionist
6
Other religion: Satanism
69
Other religion: Scientology
9
Other religion: Shamanism
27
Other religion: Shintoism
20
Other religion: Spiritual
377
Other religion: Spiritualist
404
Other religion: Taoist
61
Other religion: Theism
24
Other religion: Thelemite
2
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
6
Other religion: Unification Church
0
Other religion: Universalist
13
Other religion: Valmiki
0
Other religion: Vodun
3
Other religion: Wicca
156
Other religion: Witchcraft
10
Other religion: Yazidi
1
Other religion: Zoroastrian
23
Religion not stated
47,521
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