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
794,640
Christian
380,102
Buddhist
1,940
Hindu
2,071
Jewish
385
Muslim
3,657
Sikh
3,375
No religion
354,598
No religion: Agnostic
364
No religion: Atheist
159
No religion: Free Thinker
3
No religion: Humanist
126
No religion: No religion
353,946
No religion: Realist
0
Other religion
3,865
Other religion: Alevi
27
Other religion: Animism
8
Other religion: Baha'i
23
Other religion: Believe in God
21
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
2
Other religion: Chinese Religion
0
Other religion: Church of All Religion
0
Other religion: Confucianist
0
Other religion: Deist
5
Other religion: Druid
39
Other religion: Druze
0
Other religion: Eckankar
1
Other religion: Heathen
92
Other religion: Jain
14
Other religion: Mixed Religion
89
Other religion: Mysticism
1
Other religion: Native American Church
2
Other religion: New Age
9
Other religion: Occult
7
Other religion: Other religions
668
Other religion: Own Belief System
21
Other religion: Pagan
1,375
Other religion: Pantheism
27
Other religion: Rastafarian
29
Other religion: Ravidassia
28
Other religion: Reconstructionist
7
Other religion: Satanism
72
Other religion: Scientology
10
Other religion: Shamanism
16
Other religion: Shintoism
14
Other religion: Spiritual
322
Other religion: Spiritualist
636
Other religion: Taoist
35
Other religion: Theism
3
Other religion: Thelemite
2
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
0
Other religion: Unification Church
0
Other religion: Universalist
12
Other religion: Valmiki
0
Other religion: Vodun
1
Other religion: Wicca
213
Other religion: Witchcraft
21
Other religion: Yazidi
5
Other religion: Zoroastrian
8
Religion not stated
44,647
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