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
1,503,520
Christian
720,752
Buddhist
5,786
Hindu
15,357
Jewish
8,078
Muslim
24,485
Sikh
3,641
No religion
632,296
No religion: Agnostic
722
No religion: Atheist
277
No religion: Free Thinker
6
No religion: Humanist
213
No religion: No religion
631,074
No religion: Realist
4
Other religion
7,066
Other religion: Alevi
575
Other religion: Animism
7
Other religion: Baha'i
87
Other religion: Believe in God
44
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
0
Other religion: Chinese Religion
0
Other religion: Church of All Religion
0
Other religion: Confucianist
1
Other religion: Deist
23
Other religion: Druid
38
Other religion: Druze
7
Other religion: Eckankar
8
Other religion: Heathen
104
Other religion: Jain
207
Other religion: Mixed Religion
254
Other religion: Mysticism
2
Other religion: Native American Church
0
Other religion: New Age
9
Other religion: Occult
4
Other religion: Other religions
1,374
Other religion: Own Belief System
46
Other religion: Pagan
1,695
Other religion: Pantheism
55
Other religion: Rastafarian
57
Other religion: Ravidassia
16
Other religion: Reconstructionist
13
Other religion: Satanism
89
Other religion: Scientology
24
Other religion: Shamanism
163
Other religion: Shintoism
20
Other religion: Spiritual
639
Other religion: Spiritualist
1,004
Other religion: Taoist
93
Other religion: Theism
26
Other religion: Thelemite
3
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
9
Other religion: Unification Church
0
Other religion: Universalist
13
Other religion: Valmiki
0
Other religion: Vodun
0
Other religion: Wicca
272
Other religion: Witchcraft
20
Other religion: Yazidi
0
Other religion: Zoroastrian
65
Religion not stated
86,059
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