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
603,679
Christian
319,892
Buddhist
1,691
Hindu
1,882
Jewish
416
Muslim
10,881
Sikh
2,310
No religion
228,988
No religion: Agnostic
297
No religion: Atheist
117
No religion: Free Thinker
4
No religion: Humanist
99
No religion: No religion
228,471
No religion: Realist
0
Other religion
2,661
Other religion: Alevi
2
Other religion: Animism
8
Other religion: Baha'i
25
Other religion: Believe in God
12
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
1
Other religion: Chinese Religion
1
Other religion: Church of All Religion
0
Other religion: Confucianist
0
Other religion: Deist
8
Other religion: Druid
27
Other religion: Druze
1
Other religion: Eckankar
0
Other religion: Heathen
38
Other religion: Jain
18
Other religion: Mixed Religion
92
Other religion: Mysticism
2
Other religion: Native American Church
0
Other religion: New Age
6
Other religion: Occult
3
Other religion: Other religions
508
Other religion: Own Belief System
14
Other religion: Pagan
882
Other religion: Pantheism
25
Other religion: Rastafarian
19
Other religion: Ravidassia
7
Other religion: Reconstructionist
4
Other religion: Satanism
59
Other religion: Scientology
8
Other religion: Shamanism
5
Other religion: Shintoism
7
Other religion: Spiritual
274
Other religion: Spiritualist
380
Other religion: Taoist
31
Other religion: Theism
7
Other religion: Thelemite
3
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
0
Other religion: Unification Church
2
Other religion: Universalist
4
Other religion: Valmiki
0
Other religion: Vodun
2
Other religion: Wicca
163
Other religion: Witchcraft
8
Other religion: Yazidi
0
Other religion: Zoroastrian
5
Religion not stated
34,958
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