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
824,819
Christian
381,632
Buddhist
2,337
Hindu
5,139
Jewish
710
Muslim
11,185
Sikh
4,037
No religion
369,532
No religion: Agnostic
411
No religion: Atheist
190
No religion: Free Thinker
3
No religion: Humanist
146
No religion: No religion
368,781
No religion: Realist
1
Other religion
3,744
Other religion: Alevi
90
Other religion: Animism
12
Other religion: Baha'i
46
Other religion: Believe in God
30
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
3
Other religion: Chinese Religion
1
Other religion: Church of All Religion
0
Other religion: Confucianist
3
Other religion: Deist
12
Other religion: Druid
45
Other religion: Druze
1
Other religion: Eckankar
5
Other religion: Heathen
95
Other religion: Jain
74
Other religion: Mixed Religion
125
Other religion: Mysticism
1
Other religion: Native American Church
0
Other religion: New Age
2
Other religion: Occult
4
Other religion: Other religions
699
Other religion: Own Belief System
15
Other religion: Pagan
1,241
Other religion: Pantheism
19
Other religion: Rastafarian
51
Other religion: Ravidassia
7
Other religion: Reconstructionist
10
Other religion: Satanism
71
Other religion: Scientology
6
Other religion: Shamanism
12
Other religion: Shintoism
6
Other religion: Spiritual
308
Other religion: Spiritualist
491
Other religion: Taoist
30
Other religion: Theism
11
Other religion: Thelemite
0
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
3
Other religion: Unification Church
0
Other religion: Universalist
6
Other religion: Valmiki
0
Other religion: Vodun
0
Other religion: Wicca
168
Other religion: Witchcraft
13
Other religion: Yazidi
4
Other religion: Zoroastrian
24
Religion not stated
46,503
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