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
5,950,757
Christian
2,770,559
Buddhist
18,804
Hindu
88,116
Jewish
4,394
Muslim
569,963
Sikh
172,398
No religion
1,955,003
No religion: Agnostic
2,332
No religion: Atheist
1,038
No religion: Free Thinker
23
No religion: Humanist
789
No religion: No religion
1,950,811
No religion: Realist
10
Other religion
31,806
Other religion: Alevi
176
Other religion: Animism
57
Other religion: Baha'i
323
Other religion: Believe in God
195
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
15
Other religion: Chinese Religion
3
Other religion: Church of All Religion
2
Other religion: Confucianist
4
Other religion: Deist
84
Other religion: Druid
233
Other religion: Druze
10
Other religion: Eckankar
17
Other religion: Heathen
479
Other religion: Jain
629
Other religion: Mixed Religion
1,031
Other religion: Mysticism
8
Other religion: Native American Church
4
Other religion: New Age
22
Other religion: Occult
32
Other religion: Other religions
5,460
Other religion: Own Belief System
172
Other religion: Pagan
6,932
Other religion: Pantheism
165
Other religion: Rastafarian
883
Other religion: Ravidassia
5,835
Other religion: Reconstructionist
59
Other religion: Satanism
423
Other religion: Scientology
114
Other religion: Shamanism
498
Other religion: Shintoism
77
Other religion: Spiritual
2,180
Other religion: Spiritualist
3,097
Other religion: Taoist
281
Other religion: Theism
61
Other religion: Thelemite
14
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
36
Other religion: Unification Church
8
Other religion: Universalist
52
Other religion: Valmiki
475
Other religion: Vodun
15
Other religion: Wicca
1,326
Other religion: Witchcraft
90
Other religion: Yazidi
58
Other religion: Zoroastrian
171
Religion not stated
339,714
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