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
916,125
Christian
430,442
Buddhist
3,414
Hindu
3,697
Jewish
1,177
Muslim
8,146
Sikh
566
No religion
404,947
No religion: Agnostic
516
No religion: Atheist
229
No religion: Free Thinker
7
No religion: Humanist
199
No religion: No religion
403,994
No religion: Realist
2
Other religion
5,299
Other religion: Alevi
98
Other religion: Animism
11
Other religion: Baha'i
47
Other religion: Believe in God
40
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
2
Other religion: Chinese Religion
0
Other religion: Church of All Religion
0
Other religion: Confucianist
1
Other religion: Deist
19
Other religion: Druid
35
Other religion: Druze
3
Other religion: Eckankar
0
Other religion: Heathen
113
Other religion: Jain
47
Other religion: Mixed Religion
143
Other religion: Mysticism
1
Other religion: Native American Church
4
Other religion: New Age
9
Other religion: Occult
11
Other religion: Other religions
1,014
Other religion: Own Belief System
62
Other religion: Pagan
1,685
Other religion: Pantheism
51
Other religion: Rastafarian
50
Other religion: Ravidassia
2
Other religion: Reconstructionist
17
Other religion: Satanism
94
Other religion: Scientology
10
Other religion: Shamanism
35
Other religion: Shintoism
23
Other religion: Spiritual
522
Other religion: Spiritualist
757
Other religion: Taoist
52
Other religion: Theism
16
Other religion: Thelemite
2
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
0
Other religion: Unification Church
0
Other religion: Universalist
16
Other religion: Valmiki
0
Other religion: Vodun
3
Other religion: Wicca
262
Other religion: Witchcraft
23
Other religion: Yazidi
1
Other religion: Zoroastrian
18
Religion not stated
58,437
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