Census Data

South Shields: Religion

Location Type: Built Up Areas, ONS Geographic Code: E63000087

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Key Facts

All Residents 76,664
Male 37,283
Female 39,380
Households 36,116

The ONS doesn't publish census data directly for Built Up Areas. The figures on this page are aggregated from census areas contained within South Shields. 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 76,705
No religion 31,057
Christian 38,146
Buddhist 174
Hindu 161
Jewish 20
Muslim 3,054
Sikh 265
Other religion 285
Not answered 3,543

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

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