Census Data

Reading: Religion

Location Type: Built Up Areas, ONS Geographic Code: E63005074

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Key Facts

All Residents 210,085
Male 104,901
Female 105,205
Households 80,573

The ONS doesn't publish census data directly for Built Up Areas. The figures on this page are aggregated from census areas contained within Reading. 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 210,059
No religion 72,982
Christian 83,883
Buddhist 3,123
Hindu 12,259
Jewish 338
Muslim 19,547
Sikh 2,414
Other religion 1,427
Not answered 14,086

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

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