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
876,108
Christian
472,054
Buddhist
2,492
Hindu
3,718
Jewish
345
Muslim
17,036
Sikh
4,561
No religion
325,615
No religion: Agnostic
315
No religion: Atheist
171
No religion: Free Thinker
1
No religion: Humanist
117
No religion: No religion
325,011
No religion: Realist
0
Other religion
3,813
Other religion: Alevi
28
Other religion: Animism
8
Other religion: Baha'i
18
Other religion: Believe in God
21
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
2
Other religion: Chinese Religion
0
Other religion: Church of All Religion
0
Other religion: Confucianist
0
Other religion: Deist
15
Other religion: Druid
48
Other religion: Druze
6
Other religion: Eckankar
1
Other religion: Heathen
96
Other religion: Jain
38
Other religion: Mixed Religion
68
Other religion: Mysticism
0
Other religion: Native American Church
0
Other religion: New Age
2
Other religion: Occult
5
Other religion: Other religions
654
Other religion: Own Belief System
25
Other religion: Pagan
1,242
Other religion: Pantheism
22
Other religion: Rastafarian
57
Other religion: Ravidassia
103
Other religion: Reconstructionist
9
Other religion: Satanism
73
Other religion: Scientology
4
Other religion: Shamanism
106
Other religion: Shintoism
20
Other religion: Spiritual
254
Other religion: Spiritualist
592
Other religion: Taoist
40
Other religion: Theism
9
Other religion: Thelemite
3
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
2
Other religion: Unification Church
0
Other religion: Universalist
5
Other religion: Valmiki
4
Other religion: Vodun
0
Other religion: Wicca
193
Other religion: Witchcraft
16
Other religion: Yazidi
13
Other religion: Zoroastrian
11
Religion not stated
46,474
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