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
9,278,066
Christian
4,313,319
Buddhist
54,433
Hindu
154,748
Jewish
18,682
Muslim
309,067
Sikh
74,348
No religion
3,733,094
No religion: Agnostic
5,627
No religion: Atheist
2,350
No religion: Free Thinker
69
No religion: Humanist
1,905
No religion: No religion
3,723,135
No religion: Realist
8
Other religion
54,096
Other religion: Alevi
577
Other religion: Animism
136
Other religion: Baha'i
935
Other religion: Believe in God
378
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
42
Other religion: Chinese Religion
18
Other religion: Church of All Religion
5
Other religion: Confucianist
8
Other religion: Deist
189
Other religion: Druid
422
Other religion: Druze
53
Other religion: Eckankar
64
Other religion: Heathen
750
Other religion: Jain
1,602
Other religion: Mixed Religion
1,939
Other religion: Mysticism
25
Other religion: Native American Church
15
Other religion: New Age
69
Other religion: Occult
76
Other religion: Other religions
10,606
Other religion: Own Belief System
348
Other religion: Pagan
12,642
Other religion: Pantheism
405
Other religion: Rastafarian
559
Other religion: Ravidassia
641
Other religion: Reconstructionist
119
Other religion: Satanism
795
Other religion: Scientology
989
Other religion: Shamanism
3,971
Other religion: Shintoism
266
Other religion: Spiritual
5,600
Other religion: Spiritualist
5,705
Other religion: Taoist
615
Other religion: Theism
145
Other religion: Thelemite
35
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
69
Other religion: Unification Church
27
Other religion: Universalist
136
Other religion: Valmiki
81
Other religion: Vodun
38
Other religion: Wicca
2,143
Other religion: Witchcraft
172
Other religion: Yazidi
24
Other religion: Zoroastrian
662
Religion not stated
566,279
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