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
159,591
Christian
68,287
Buddhist
479
Hindu
761
Jewish
90
Muslim
11,280
Sikh
415
No religion
68,563
No religion: Agnostic
97
No religion: Atheist
32
No religion: Free Thinker
0
No religion: Humanist
20
No religion: No religion
68,414
No religion: Realist
0
Other religion
739
Other religion: Alevi
69
Other religion: Animism
3
Other religion: Baha'i
17
Other religion: Believe in God
5
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
1
Other religion: Chinese Religion
0
Other religion: Church of All Religion
0
Other religion: Confucianist
0
Other religion: Deist
18
Other religion: Druid
5
Other religion: Druze
1
Other religion: Eckankar
0
Other religion: Heathen
12
Other religion: Jain
11
Other religion: Mixed Religion
20
Other religion: Mysticism
0
Other religion: Native American Church
0
Other religion: New Age
0
Other religion: Occult
1
Other religion: Other religions
119
Other religion: Own Belief System
4
Other religion: Pagan
182
Other religion: Pantheism
4
Other religion: Rastafarian
8
Other religion: Ravidassia
0
Other religion: Reconstructionist
3
Other religion: Satanism
7
Other religion: Scientology
0
Other religion: Shamanism
19
Other religion: Shintoism
0
Other religion: Spiritual
72
Other religion: Spiritualist
103
Other religion: Taoist
11
Other religion: Theism
0
Other religion: Thelemite
0
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
0
Other religion: Unification Church
0
Other religion: Universalist
1
Other religion: Valmiki
0
Other religion: Vodun
0
Other religion: Wicca
40
Other religion: Witchcraft
0
Other religion: Yazidi
0
Other religion: Zoroastrian
3
Religion not stated
8,977
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