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
545,841
Christian
250,334
Buddhist
2,554
Hindu
1,890
Jewish
1,145
Muslim
6,194
Sikh
210
No religion
244,052
No religion: Agnostic
336
No religion: Atheist
129
No religion: Free Thinker
11
No religion: Humanist
161
No religion: No religion
243,413
No religion: Realist
2
Other religion
4,124
Other religion: Alevi
47
Other religion: Animism
21
Other religion: Baha'i
54
Other religion: Believe in God
20
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
5
Other religion: Chinese Religion
2
Other religion: Church of All Religion
1
Other religion: Confucianist
0
Other religion: Deist
10
Other religion: Druid
44
Other religion: Druze
1
Other religion: Eckankar
10
Other religion: Heathen
59
Other religion: Jain
26
Other religion: Mixed Religion
131
Other religion: Mysticism
3
Other religion: Native American Church
2
Other religion: New Age
6
Other religion: Occult
9
Other religion: Other religions
775
Other religion: Own Belief System
29
Other religion: Pagan
1,107
Other religion: Pantheism
46
Other religion: Rastafarian
21
Other religion: Ravidassia
4
Other religion: Reconstructionist
7
Other religion: Satanism
49
Other religion: Scientology
421
Other religion: Shamanism
9
Other religion: Shintoism
23
Other religion: Spiritual
464
Other religion: Spiritualist
435
Other religion: Taoist
47
Other religion: Theism
8
Other religion: Thelemite
3
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
7
Other religion: Unification Church
2
Other religion: Universalist
15
Other religion: Valmiki
2
Other religion: Vodun
1
Other religion: Wicca
150
Other religion: Witchcraft
20
Other religion: Yazidi
4
Other religion: Zoroastrian
24
Religion not stated
35,338
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