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
882,679
Christian
424,495
Buddhist
3,778
Hindu
10,128
Jewish
1,707
Muslim
19,225
Sikh
1,385
No religion
363,051
No religion: Agnostic
502
No religion: Atheist
221
No religion: Free Thinker
6
No religion: Humanist
165
No religion: No religion
362,156
No religion: Realist
1
Other religion
5,111
Other religion: Alevi
57
Other religion: Animism
11
Other religion: Baha'i
93
Other religion: Believe in God
30
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
5
Other religion: Chinese Religion
1
Other religion: Church of All Religion
0
Other religion: Confucianist
2
Other religion: Deist
17
Other religion: Druid
47
Other religion: Druze
0
Other religion: Eckankar
0
Other religion: Heathen
57
Other religion: Jain
143
Other religion: Mixed Religion
129
Other religion: Mysticism
2
Other religion: Native American Church
0
Other religion: New Age
6
Other religion: Occult
9
Other religion: Other religions
1,029
Other religion: Own Belief System
35
Other religion: Pagan
1,289
Other religion: Pantheism
30
Other religion: Rastafarian
52
Other religion: Ravidassia
19
Other religion: Reconstructionist
10
Other religion: Satanism
72
Other religion: Scientology
398
Other religion: Shamanism
13
Other religion: Shintoism
12
Other religion: Spiritual
580
Other religion: Spiritualist
621
Other religion: Taoist
51
Other religion: Theism
10
Other religion: Thelemite
6
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
0
Other religion: Unification Church
0
Other religion: Universalist
16
Other religion: Valmiki
0
Other religion: Vodun
1
Other religion: Wicca
193
Other religion: Witchcraft
13
Other religion: Yazidi
0
Other religion: Zoroastrian
52
Religion not stated
53,799
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