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
6,335,071
Christian
2,955,071
Buddhist
26,814
Hindu
86,631
Jewish
42,012
Muslim
234,744
Sikh
24,284
No religion
2,544,509
No religion: Agnostic
3,242
No religion: Atheist
1,496
No religion: Free Thinker
34
No religion: Humanist
1,166
No religion: No religion
2,538,560
No religion: Realist
11
Other religion
36,379
Other religion: Alevi
2,591
Other religion: Animism
58
Other religion: Baha'i
498
Other religion: Believe in God
227
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
16
Other religion: Chinese Religion
10
Other religion: Church of All Religion
2
Other religion: Confucianist
5
Other religion: Deist
106
Other religion: Druid
237
Other religion: Druze
20
Other religion: Eckankar
24
Other religion: Heathen
501
Other religion: Jain
2,522
Other religion: Mixed Religion
1,263
Other religion: Mysticism
9
Other religion: Native American Church
7
Other religion: New Age
50
Other religion: Occult
48
Other religion: Other religions
6,904
Other religion: Own Belief System
251
Other religion: Pagan
7,969
Other religion: Pantheism
252
Other religion: Rastafarian
425
Other religion: Ravidassia
969
Other religion: Reconstructionist
83
Other religion: Satanism
569
Other religion: Scientology
77
Other religion: Shamanism
538
Other religion: Shintoism
121
Other religion: Spiritual
3,176
Other religion: Spiritualist
4,016
Other religion: Taoist
388
Other religion: Theism
112
Other religion: Thelemite
11
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
53
Other religion: Unification Church
14
Other religion: Universalist
77
Other religion: Valmiki
307
Other religion: Vodun
11
Other religion: Wicca
1,376
Other religion: Witchcraft
108
Other religion: Yazidi
10
Other religion: Zoroastrian
368
Religion not stated
384,627
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