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
760,686
Christian
358,454
Buddhist
2,792
Hindu
3,024
Jewish
778
Muslim
9,279
Sikh
770
No religion
334,644
No religion: Agnostic
418
No religion: Atheist
205
No religion: Free Thinker
4
No religion: Humanist
182
No religion: No religion
333,835
No religion: Realist
0
Other religion
4,017
Other religion: Alevi
112
Other religion: Animism
7
Other religion: Baha'i
28
Other religion: Believe in God
27
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
0
Other religion: Chinese Religion
0
Other religion: Church of All Religion
1
Other religion: Confucianist
0
Other religion: Deist
14
Other religion: Druid
51
Other religion: Druze
1
Other religion: Eckankar
1
Other religion: Heathen
88
Other religion: Jain
29
Other religion: Mixed Religion
91
Other religion: Mysticism
2
Other religion: Native American Church
3
Other religion: New Age
5
Other religion: Occult
3
Other religion: Other religions
780
Other religion: Own Belief System
20
Other religion: Pagan
1,191
Other religion: Pantheism
42
Other religion: Rastafarian
60
Other religion: Ravidassia
4
Other religion: Reconstructionist
19
Other religion: Satanism
153
Other religion: Scientology
5
Other religion: Shamanism
24
Other religion: Shintoism
13
Other religion: Spiritual
415
Other religion: Spiritualist
526
Other religion: Taoist
42
Other religion: Theism
10
Other religion: Thelemite
1
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
0
Other religion: Unification Church
1
Other religion: Universalist
10
Other religion: Valmiki
0
Other religion: Vodun
1
Other religion: Wicca
202
Other religion: Witchcraft
12
Other religion: Yazidi
6
Other religion: Zoroastrian
17
Religion not stated
46,928
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