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
1,400,895
Christian
669,999
Buddhist
10,775
Hindu
15,919
Jewish
1,439
Muslim
12,725
Sikh
3,205
No religion
598,900
No religion: Agnostic
749
No religion: Atheist
372
No religion: Free Thinker
10
No religion: Humanist
306
No religion: No religion
597,461
No religion: Realist
2
Other religion
7,916
Other religion: Alevi
51
Other religion: Animism
15
Other religion: Baha'i
72
Other religion: Believe in God
43
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
0
Other religion: Chinese Religion
1
Other religion: Church of All Religion
0
Other religion: Confucianist
2
Other religion: Deist
19
Other religion: Druid
82
Other religion: Druze
7
Other religion: Eckankar
2
Other religion: Heathen
136
Other religion: Jain
91
Other religion: Mixed Religion
202
Other religion: Mysticism
3
Other religion: Native American Church
3
Other religion: New Age
12
Other religion: Occult
3
Other religion: Other religions
1,348
Other religion: Own Belief System
55
Other religion: Pagan
2,114
Other religion: Pantheism
57
Other religion: Rastafarian
69
Other religion: Ravidassia
33
Other religion: Reconstructionist
13
Other religion: Satanism
109
Other religion: Scientology
19
Other religion: Shamanism
1,090
Other religion: Shintoism
37
Other religion: Spiritual
674
Other religion: Spiritualist
1,018
Other religion: Taoist
74
Other religion: Theism
15
Other religion: Thelemite
7
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
4
Other religion: Unification Church
0
Other religion: Universalist
10
Other religion: Valmiki
0
Other religion: Vodun
3
Other religion: Wicca
356
Other religion: Witchcraft
26
Other religion: Yazidi
0
Other religion: Zoroastrian
41
Religion not stated
80,017
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