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
811,640
Christian
380,573
Buddhist
3,300
Hindu
1,410
Jewish
860
Muslim
4,833
Sikh
384
No religion
361,102
No religion: Agnostic
567
No religion: Atheist
240
No religion: Free Thinker
9
No religion: Humanist
270
No religion: No religion
360,016
No religion: Realist
0
Other religion
5,335
Other religion: Alevi
32
Other religion: Animism
45
Other religion: Baha'i
50
Other religion: Believe in God
27
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
1
Other religion: Chinese Religion
1
Other religion: Church of All Religion
0
Other religion: Confucianist
1
Other religion: Deist
21
Other religion: Druid
69
Other religion: Druze
2
Other religion: Eckankar
1
Other religion: Heathen
79
Other religion: Jain
35
Other religion: Mixed Religion
212
Other religion: Mysticism
7
Other religion: Native American Church
2
Other religion: New Age
14
Other religion: Occult
17
Other religion: Other religions
929
Other religion: Own Belief System
41
Other religion: Pagan
1,834
Other religion: Pantheism
61
Other religion: Rastafarian
46
Other religion: Ravidassia
1
Other religion: Reconstructionist
10
Other religion: Satanism
76
Other religion: Scientology
21
Other religion: Shamanism
38
Other religion: Shintoism
22
Other religion: Spiritual
593
Other religion: Spiritualist
635
Other religion: Taoist
88
Other religion: Theism
10
Other religion: Thelemite
2
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
1
Other religion: Unification Church
0
Other religion: Universalist
33
Other religion: Valmiki
0
Other religion: Vodun
1
Other religion: Wicca
224
Other religion: Witchcraft
24
Other religion: Yazidi
0
Other religion: Zoroastrian
29
Religion not stated
53,843
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