Census Data

West of England: Religion (detailed)

Location Type: Combined Authorities, ONS Geographic Code: E47000009

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Key Facts

All Residents 956,298
Male 472,682
Female 483,616
Households 388,989

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

Table Codets031
Issued2022-11-29
Unit of MeasurePerson
Number of Response Options58

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 956,307
Christian 361,693
Buddhist 4,762
Hindu 7,316
Jewish 1,726
Muslim 38,405
Sikh 3,415
No religion 469,182
No religion: Agnostic 970
No religion: Atheist 344
No religion: Free Thinker 3
No religion: Humanist 215
No religion: No religion 467,646
No religion: Realist 4
Other religion 5,963
Other religion: Alevi 20
Other religion: Animism 31
Other religion: Baha'i 123
Other religion: Believe in God 40
Other religion: Brahma Kumari 2
Other religion: Chinese Religion 1
Other religion: Church of All Religion 1
Other religion: Confucianist 1
Other religion: Deist 27
Other religion: Druid 47
Other religion: Druze 8
Other religion: Eckankar 6
Other religion: Heathen 55
Other religion: Jain 83
Other religion: Mixed Religion 212
Other religion: Mysticism 3
Other religion: Native American Church 1
Other religion: New Age 4
Other religion: Occult 21
Other religion: Other religions 1,365
Other religion: Own Belief System 52
Other religion: Pagan 1,494
Other religion: Pantheism 79
Other religion: Rastafarian 179
Other religion: Ravidassia 11
Other religion: Reconstructionist 17
Other religion: Satanism 157
Other religion: Scientology 11
Other religion: Shamanism 24
Other religion: Shintoism 28
Other religion: Spiritual 889
Other religion: Spiritualist 494
Other religion: Taoist 110
Other religion: Theism 13
Other religion: Thelemite 6
Other religion: Traditional African Religion 20
Other religion: Unification Church 1
Other religion: Universalist 16
Other religion: Valmiki 0
Other religion: Vodun 1
Other religion: Wicca 205
Other religion: Witchcraft 20
Other religion: Yazidi 43
Other religion: Zoroastrian 42
Religion not stated 63,845

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

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