Census Data

Tyne and Wear: Religion

Location Type: Metropolitan Counties, ONS Geographic Code: E11000007

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Key Facts

All Residents 1,127,191
Male 550,666
Female 576,524
Households 498,496

The ONS doesn't publish census data directly for Metropolitan Counties. The figures on this page are aggregated from census areas contained within Tyne and Wear. They may not, therefore, be precisely accurate. Age-standardised statistics and population density are not available for aggregated datasets.

Table Codets030
Issued2022-11-29
Unit of MeasurePerson
Number of Response Options10

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 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 1,127,193
No religion 463,776
Christian 544,503
Buddhist 3,211
Hindu 6,427
Jewish 3,729
Muslim 42,121
Sikh 3,648
Other religion 4,207
Not answered 55,571

These values are calculated by adding up the values for census output areas contained within Tyne and Wear. They may, therefore, be slightly inaccurate due to administrative boundaries not precisely aligning with census boundaries.

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