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
5,701,189
Christian
2,635,872
Buddhist
24,579
Hindu
27,746
Jewish
7,387
Muslim
80,152
Sikh
7,465
No religion
2,513,372
No religion: Agnostic
3,908
No religion: Atheist
1,654
No religion: Free Thinker
45
No religion: Humanist
1,514
No religion: No religion
2,506,233
No religion: Realist
18
Other religion
36,884
Other religion: Alevi
391
Other religion: Animism
175
Other religion: Baha'i
458
Other religion: Believe in God
210
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
6
Other religion: Chinese Religion
7
Other religion: Church of All Religion
3
Other religion: Confucianist
5
Other religion: Deist
133
Other religion: Druid
449
Other religion: Druze
25
Other religion: Eckankar
23
Other religion: Heathen
629
Other religion: Jain
261
Other religion: Mixed Religion
1,106
Other religion: Mysticism
34
Other religion: Native American Church
11
Other religion: New Age
69
Other religion: Occult
77
Other religion: Other religions
6,661
Other religion: Own Belief System
288
Other religion: Pagan
11,868
Other religion: Pantheism
375
Other religion: Rastafarian
547
Other religion: Ravidassia
44
Other religion: Reconstructionist
94
Other religion: Satanism
582
Other religion: Scientology
114
Other religion: Shamanism
735
Other religion: Shintoism
120
Other religion: Spiritual
4,338
Other religion: Spiritualist
4,191
Other religion: Taoist
510
Other religion: Theism
81
Other religion: Thelemite
38
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
30
Other religion: Unification Church
5
Other religion: Universalist
137
Other religion: Valmiki
0
Other religion: Vodun
20
Other religion: Wicca
1,637
Other religion: Witchcraft
158
Other religion: Yazidi
55
Other religion: Zoroastrian
184
Religion not stated
367,732
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