West Yorkshire: Religion
Location Type: Metropolitan Counties, ONS Geographic Code: E11000006
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Key Facts
| All Residents | 2,351,583 |
| Male | 1,150,725 |
| Female | 1,200,857 |
| Households | 972,875 |
The ONS doesn't publish census data directly for Metropolitan Counties. The figures on this page are aggregated from census areas contained within West Yorkshire. They may not, therefore, be precisely accurate. Age-standardised statistics and population density are not available for aggregated datasets.
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| Table Code | ts030 |
| Issued | 2022-11-29 |
| Unit of Measure | Person |
| Number of Response Options | 10 |
Description
Data
Bar Chart
Pie ChartThis 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 includes people who identified with one of 8 tick-box response options, including ‘No religion’, alongside those who chose not to answer this question.
| Religion: Total: All usual residents | 2,351,582 |
|---|---|
| No religion | 863,872 |
| Christian | 955,201 |
| Buddhist | 6,256 |
| Hindu | 18,140 |
| Jewish | 6,988 |
| Muslim | 340,875 |
| Sikh | 19,245 |
| Other religion | 9,824 |
| Not answered | 131,181 |
These values are calculated by adding up the values for census output areas contained within West Yorkshire. They may, therefore, be slightly inaccurate due to administrative boundaries not precisely aligning with census boundaries.
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