Census Data

Chorley: Religion

Location Type: Built Up Areas, ONS Geographic Code: E63001008

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Key Facts

All Residents 40,983
Male 20,120
Female 20,848
Households 18,121

The ONS doesn't publish census data directly for Built Up Areas. The figures on this page are aggregated from census areas contained within Chorley. 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 40,991
No religion 13,051
Christian 24,344
Buddhist 80
Hindu 96
Jewish 22
Muslim 992
Sikh 33
Other religion 188
Not answered 2,185

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

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