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
1,576,067
Christian
763,716
Buddhist
8,749
Hindu
19,242
Jewish
2,050
Muslim
25,614
Sikh
12,307
No religion
644,190
No religion: Agnostic
809
No religion: Atheist
344
No religion: Free Thinker
12
No religion: Humanist
293
No religion: No religion
642,731
No religion: Realist
1
Other religion
9,570
Other religion: Alevi
127
Other religion: Animism
20
Other religion: Baha'i
82
Other religion: Believe in God
58
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
3
Other religion: Chinese Religion
3
Other religion: Church of All Religion
0
Other religion: Confucianist
2
Other religion: Deist
34
Other religion: Druid
58
Other religion: Druze
4
Other religion: Eckankar
12
Other religion: Heathen
144
Other religion: Jain
128
Other religion: Mixed Religion
269
Other religion: Mysticism
3
Other religion: Native American Church
4
Other religion: New Age
5
Other religion: Occult
9
Other religion: Other religions
1,647
Other religion: Own Belief System
62
Other religion: Pagan
2,259
Other religion: Pantheism
60
Other religion: Rastafarian
70
Other religion: Ravidassia
167
Other religion: Reconstructionist
23
Other religion: Satanism
145
Other religion: Scientology
37
Other religion: Shamanism
1,721
Other religion: Shintoism
27
Other religion: Spiritual
836
Other religion: Spiritualist
878
Other religion: Taoist
98
Other religion: Theism
19
Other religion: Thelemite
2
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
15
Other religion: Unification Church
12
Other religion: Universalist
24
Other religion: Valmiki
0
Other religion: Vodun
3
Other religion: Wicca
394
Other religion: Witchcraft
39
Other religion: Yazidi
0
Other religion: Zoroastrian
67
Religion not stated
90,629
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