Census Data

Greater Manchester: Religion

Location Type: Combined Authorities, ONS Geographic Code: E47000001

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Key Facts

All Residents 2,867,762
Male 1,412,734
Female 1,455,031
Households 1,178,238

The ONS doesn't publish census data directly for Combined Authorities. The figures on this page are aggregated from census areas contained within Greater Manchester. They may not, therefore, be precisely accurate. Age-standardised statistics and population density are not available for aggregated datasets.

Table Codets030
Issued2022-11-29
Unit of MeasurePerson
Number of Response Options10

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 includes people who identified with one of 8 tick-box response options, including ‘No religion’, alongside those who chose not to answer this question.

Religion: Total: All usual residents 2,867,764
No religion 915,592
Christian 1,347,104
Buddhist 9,529
Hindu 27,892
Jewish 28,075
Muslim 373,877
Sikh 7,353
Other religion 10,801
Not answered 147,541

These values are calculated by adding up the values for census output areas contained within Greater Manchester. They may, therefore, be slightly inaccurate due to administrative boundaries not precisely aligning with census boundaries.

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