Census Data

Southwark: Religion

Location Type: Built Up Areas, ONS Geographic Code: E63004965

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Key Facts

All Residents 324,591
Male 157,365
Female 167,225
Households 137,971

The ONS doesn't publish census data directly for Built Up Areas. The figures on this page are aggregated from census areas contained within Southwark. 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 324,655
No religion 119,252
Christian 140,331
Buddhist 3,097
Hindu 3,686
Jewish 1,325
Muslim 30,483
Sikh 664
Other religion 2,284
Not answered 23,533

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

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