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
499,842
Christian
284,987
Buddhist
1,564
Hindu
703
Jewish
237
Muslim
2,186
Sikh
106
No religion
179,007
No religion: Agnostic
170
No religion: Atheist
131
No religion: Free Thinker
2
No religion: Humanist
103
No religion: No religion
178,601
No religion: Realist
0
Other religion
1,903
Other religion: Alevi
16
Other religion: Animism
5
Other religion: Baha'i
25
Other religion: Believe in God
21
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
0
Other religion: Chinese Religion
0
Other religion: Church of All Religion
0
Other religion: Confucianist
1
Other religion: Deist
5
Other religion: Druid
26
Other religion: Druze
2
Other religion: Eckankar
0
Other religion: Heathen
40
Other religion: Jain
7
Other religion: Mixed Religion
72
Other religion: Mysticism
0
Other religion: Native American Church
0
Other religion: New Age
4
Other religion: Occult
0
Other religion: Other religions
417
Other religion: Own Belief System
9
Other religion: Pagan
622
Other religion: Pantheism
25
Other religion: Rastafarian
16
Other religion: Ravidassia
1
Other religion: Reconstructionist
8
Other religion: Satanism
36
Other religion: Scientology
8
Other religion: Shamanism
14
Other religion: Shintoism
7
Other religion: Spiritual
154
Other religion: Spiritualist
167
Other religion: Taoist
22
Other religion: Theism
9
Other religion: Thelemite
4
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
0
Other religion: Unification Church
0
Other religion: Universalist
15
Other religion: Valmiki
0
Other religion: Vodun
0
Other religion: Wicca
126
Other religion: Witchcraft
12
Other religion: Yazidi
0
Other religion: Zoroastrian
7
Religion not stated
29,149
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