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
59,597,544
Christian
27,522,672
Buddhist
272,508
Hindu
1,032,775
Jewish
271,327
Muslim
3,868,133
Sikh
524,140
No religion
22,162,062
No religion: Agnostic
32,114
No religion: Atheist
13,848
No religion: Free Thinker
305
No religion: Humanist
10,246
No religion: No religion
22,105,473
No religion: Realist
76
Other religion
348,338
Other religion: Alevi
25,672
Other religion: Animism
802
Other religion: Baha'i
4,716
Other religion: Believe in God
2,414
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
235
Other religion: Chinese Religion
112
Other religion: Church of All Religion
24
Other religion: Confucianist
76
Other religion: Deist
1,093
Other religion: Druid
2,490
Other religion: Druze
626
Other religion: Eckankar
329
Other religion: Heathen
4,721
Other religion: Jain
24,991
Other religion: Mixed Religion
11,402
Other religion: Mysticism
145
Other religion: Native American Church
82
Other religion: New Age
397
Other religion: Occult
490
Other religion: Other religions
66,016
Other religion: Own Belief System
2,199
Other religion: Pagan
73,733
Other religion: Pantheism
2,299
Other religion: Rastafarian
5,948
Other religion: Ravidassia
9,572
Other religion: Reconstructionist
742
Other religion: Satanism
5,054
Other religion: Scientology
1,859
Other religion: Shamanism
7,889
Other religion: Shintoism
1,375
Other religion: Spiritual
31,611
Other religion: Spiritualist
33,134
Other religion: Taoist
3,724
Other religion: Theism
860
Other religion: Thelemite
227
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
661
Other religion: Unification Church
202
Other religion: Universalist
764
Other religion: Valmiki
1,034
Other religion: Vodun
257
Other religion: Wicca
12,813
Other religion: Witchcraft
1,045
Other religion: Yazidi
413
Other religion: Zoroastrian
4,090
Religion not stated
3,595,589
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