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
8,799,725
Christian
3,577,681
Buddhist
77,425
Hindu
453,034
Jewish
145,466
Muslim
1,318,754
Sikh
144,543
No religion
2,380,405
No religion: Agnostic
6,076
No religion: Atheist
2,334
No religion: Free Thinker
38
No religion: Humanist
1,304
No religion: No religion
2,370,646
No religion: Realist
7
Other religion
86,755
Other religion: Alevi
19,637
Other religion: Animism
118
Other religion: Baha'i
1,086
Other religion: Believe in God
686
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
91
Other religion: Chinese Religion
25
Other religion: Church of All Religion
3
Other religion: Confucianist
29
Other religion: Deist
228
Other religion: Druid
165
Other religion: Druze
445
Other religion: Eckankar
117
Other religion: Heathen
306
Other religion: Jain
17,521
Other religion: Mixed Religion
3,466
Other religion: Mysticism
31
Other religion: Native American Church
8
Other religion: New Age
60
Other religion: Occult
62
Other religion: Other religions
16,071
Other religion: Own Belief System
374
Other religion: Pagan
4,620
Other religion: Pantheism
352
Other religion: Rastafarian
2,126
Other religion: Ravidassia
1,283
Other religion: Reconstructionist
122
Other religion: Satanism
522
Other religion: Scientology
263
Other religion: Shamanism
1,303
Other religion: Shintoism
500
Other religion: Spiritual
6,919
Other religion: Spiritualist
3,206
Other religion: Taoist
794
Other religion: Theism
162
Other religion: Thelemite
37
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
344
Other religion: Unification Church
107
Other religion: Universalist
137
Other religion: Valmiki
141
Other religion: Vodun
110
Other religion: Wicca
925
Other religion: Witchcraft
111
Other religion: Yazidi
89
Other religion: Zoroastrian
2,053
Religion not stated
615,662
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