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
5,480,779
Christian
2,461,519
Buddhist
15,803
Hindu
29,243
Jewish
9,355
Muslim
442,533
Sikh
24,034
No religion
2,161,185
No religion: Agnostic
2,695
No religion: Atheist
1,206
No religion: Free Thinker
23
No religion: Humanist
847
No religion: No religion
2,156,406
No religion: Realist
8
Other religion
23,623
Other religion: Alevi
845
Other religion: Animism
72
Other religion: Baha'i
304
Other religion: Believe in God
170
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
30
Other religion: Chinese Religion
9
Other religion: Church of All Religion
3
Other religion: Confucianist
8
Other religion: Deist
78
Other religion: Druid
209
Other religion: Druze
15
Other religion: Eckankar
17
Other religion: Heathen
545
Other religion: Jain
209
Other religion: Mixed Religion
495
Other religion: Mysticism
11
Other religion: Native American Church
7
Other religion: New Age
28
Other religion: Occult
46
Other religion: Other religions
4,961
Other religion: Own Belief System
210
Other religion: Pagan
6,631
Other religion: Pantheism
177
Other religion: Rastafarian
377
Other religion: Ravidassia
267
Other religion: Reconstructionist
63
Other religion: Satanism
524
Other religion: Scientology
74
Other religion: Shamanism
342
Other religion: Shintoism
69
Other religion: Spiritual
2,028
Other religion: Spiritualist
2,830
Other religion: Taoist
276
Other religion: Theism
80
Other religion: Thelemite
23
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
29
Other religion: Unification Church
8
Other religion: Universalist
56
Other religion: Valmiki
5
Other religion: Vodun
11
Other religion: Wicca
1,242
Other religion: Witchcraft
91
Other religion: Yazidi
31
Other religion: Zoroastrian
117
Religion not stated
313,484
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