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
7,417,406
Christian
3,895,779
Buddhist
23,028
Hindu
49,749
Jewish
33,285
Muslim
563,105
Sikh
11,862
No religion
2,419,624
No religion: Agnostic
3,117
No religion: Atheist
1,429
No religion: Free Thinker
30
No religion: Humanist
982
No religion: No religion
2,414,061
No religion: Realist
5
Other religion
28,112
Other religion: Alevi
359
Other religion: Animism
52
Other religion: Baha'i
479
Other religion: Believe in God
201
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
9
Other religion: Chinese Religion
34
Other religion: Church of All Religion
3
Other religion: Confucianist
6
Other religion: Deist
88
Other religion: Druid
232
Other religion: Druze
26
Other religion: Eckankar
25
Other religion: Heathen
542
Other religion: Jain
716
Other religion: Mixed Religion
734
Other religion: Mysticism
9
Other religion: Native American Church
2
Other religion: New Age
33
Other religion: Occult
53
Other religion: Other religions
6,091
Other religion: Own Belief System
198
Other religion: Pagan
7,865
Other religion: Pantheism
218
Other religion: Rastafarian
408
Other religion: Ravidassia
47
Other religion: Reconstructionist
73
Other religion: Satanism
601
Other religion: Scientology
113
Other religion: Shamanism
97
Other religion: Shintoism
90
Other religion: Spiritual
2,822
Other religion: Spiritualist
3,316
Other religion: Taoist
342
Other religion: Theism
107
Other religion: Thelemite
30
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
50
Other religion: Unification Church
22
Other religion: Universalist
63
Other religion: Valmiki
1
Other religion: Vodun
27
Other religion: Wicca
1,511
Other religion: Witchcraft
117
Other religion: Yazidi
72
Other religion: Zoroastrian
228
Religion not stated
392,862
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