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
3,107,497
Christian
1,354,773
Buddhist
10,075
Hindu
12,242
Jewish
2,044
Muslim
66,947
Sikh
4,048
No religion
1,446,398
No religion: Agnostic
1,762
No religion: Atheist
792
No religion: Free Thinker
15
No religion: Humanist
667
No religion: No religion
1,443,157
No religion: Realist
5
Other religion
15,929
Other religion: Alevi
212
Other religion: Animism
69
Other religion: Baha'i
227
Other religion: Believe in God
101
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
6
Other religion: Chinese Religion
3
Other religion: Church of All Religion
2
Other religion: Confucianist
0
Other religion: Deist
57
Other religion: Druid
222
Other religion: Druze
7
Other religion: Eckankar
10
Other religion: Heathen
243
Other religion: Jain
102
Other religion: Mixed Religion
420
Other religion: Mysticism
9
Other religion: Native American Church
8
Other religion: New Age
23
Other religion: Occult
33
Other religion: Other religions
2,789
Other religion: Own Belief System
130
Other religion: Pagan
5,104
Other religion: Pantheism
141
Other religion: Rastafarian
146
Other religion: Ravidassia
9
Other religion: Reconstructionist
45
Other religion: Satanism
303
Other religion: Scientology
26
Other religion: Shamanism
265
Other religion: Shintoism
38
Other religion: Spiritual
1,693
Other religion: Spiritualist
2,140
Other religion: Taoist
199
Other religion: Theism
30
Other religion: Thelemite
18
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
10
Other religion: Unification Church
7
Other religion: Universalist
42
Other religion: Valmiki
0
Other religion: Vodun
11
Other religion: Wicca
867
Other religion: Witchcraft
77
Other religion: Yazidi
21
Other religion: Zoroastrian
64
Religion not stated
195,041
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