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
615,489
Christian
342,441
Buddhist
2,035
Hindu
1,679
Jewish
631
Muslim
2,984
Sikh
325
No religion
226,879
No religion: Agnostic
322
No religion: Atheist
118
No religion: Free Thinker
2
No religion: Humanist
159
No religion: No religion
226,277
No religion: Realist
1
Other religion
2,757
Other religion: Alevi
5
Other religion: Animism
10
Other religion: Baha'i
24
Other religion: Believe in God
22
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
2
Other religion: Chinese Religion
1
Other religion: Church of All Religion
0
Other religion: Confucianist
4
Other religion: Deist
9
Other religion: Druid
33
Other religion: Druze
0
Other religion: Eckankar
3
Other religion: Heathen
67
Other religion: Jain
11
Other religion: Mixed Religion
66
Other religion: Mysticism
1
Other religion: Native American Church
0
Other religion: New Age
8
Other religion: Occult
9
Other religion: Other religions
610
Other religion: Own Belief System
21
Other religion: Pagan
854
Other religion: Pantheism
26
Other religion: Rastafarian
34
Other religion: Ravidassia
2
Other religion: Reconstructionist
16
Other religion: Satanism
45
Other religion: Scientology
11
Other religion: Shamanism
117
Other religion: Shintoism
6
Other religion: Spiritual
270
Other religion: Spiritualist
278
Other religion: Taoist
33
Other religion: Theism
18
Other religion: Thelemite
1
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
1
Other religion: Unification Church
0
Other religion: Universalist
4
Other religion: Valmiki
2
Other religion: Vodun
0
Other religion: Wicca
113
Other religion: Witchcraft
11
Other religion: Yazidi
0
Other religion: Zoroastrian
9
Religion not stated
35,758
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