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
1,235,358
Christian
675,521
Buddhist
3,304
Hindu
7,384
Jewish
958
Muslim
85,176
Sikh
1,771
No religion
389,377
No religion: Agnostic
515
No religion: Atheist
229
No religion: Free Thinker
11
No religion: Humanist
159
No religion: No religion
388,463
No religion: Realist
0
Other religion
5,048
Other religion: Alevi
15
Other religion: Animism
15
Other religion: Baha'i
81
Other religion: Believe in God
33
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
0
Other religion: Chinese Religion
3
Other religion: Church of All Religion
0
Other religion: Confucianist
0
Other religion: Deist
16
Other religion: Druid
51
Other religion: Druze
0
Other religion: Eckankar
0
Other religion: Heathen
138
Other religion: Jain
32
Other religion: Mixed Religion
141
Other religion: Mysticism
2
Other religion: Native American Church
1
Other religion: New Age
5
Other religion: Occult
10
Other religion: Other religions
1,007
Other religion: Own Belief System
41
Other religion: Pagan
1,631
Other religion: Pantheism
40
Other religion: Rastafarian
65
Other religion: Ravidassia
17
Other religion: Reconstructionist
14
Other religion: Satanism
118
Other religion: Scientology
12
Other religion: Shamanism
8
Other religion: Shintoism
12
Other religion: Spiritual
425
Other religion: Spiritualist
694
Other religion: Taoist
52
Other religion: Theism
9
Other religion: Thelemite
7
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
3
Other religion: Unification Church
0
Other religion: Universalist
16
Other religion: Valmiki
0
Other religion: Vodun
4
Other religion: Wicca
280
Other religion: Witchcraft
25
Other religion: Yazidi
0
Other religion: Zoroastrian
25
Religion not stated
66,819
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