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
768,366
Christian
412,589
Buddhist
1,823
Hindu
2,494
Jewish
495
Muslim
5,409
Sikh
678
No religion
294,201
No religion: Agnostic
348
No religion: Atheist
173
No religion: Free Thinker
3
No religion: Humanist
123
No religion: No religion
293,551
No religion: Realist
3
Other religion
3,783
Other religion: Alevi
44
Other religion: Animism
7
Other religion: Baha'i
39
Other religion: Believe in God
12
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
1
Other religion: Chinese Religion
0
Other religion: Church of All Religion
0
Other religion: Confucianist
1
Other religion: Deist
14
Other religion: Druid
31
Other religion: Druze
0
Other religion: Eckankar
7
Other religion: Heathen
74
Other religion: Jain
15
Other religion: Mixed Religion
71
Other religion: Mysticism
2
Other religion: Native American Church
1
Other religion: New Age
7
Other religion: Occult
7
Other religion: Other religions
698
Other religion: Own Belief System
25
Other religion: Pagan
1,314
Other religion: Pantheism
29
Other religion: Rastafarian
30
Other religion: Ravidassia
0
Other religion: Reconstructionist
8
Other religion: Satanism
69
Other religion: Scientology
8
Other religion: Shamanism
10
Other religion: Shintoism
9
Other religion: Spiritual
345
Other religion: Spiritualist
524
Other religion: Taoist
38
Other religion: Theism
10
Other religion: Thelemite
2
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
0
Other religion: Unification Church
1
Other religion: Universalist
9
Other religion: Valmiki
0
Other religion: Vodun
0
Other religion: Wicca
275
Other religion: Witchcraft
16
Other religion: Yazidi
12
Other religion: Zoroastrian
18
Religion not stated
46,894
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