RELIGION STATISTICSData from the 2011 Census

Buddhist

Jewish

Sikh

Hindu

Muslim (Islam)

Christian

0 5,000,000 10,000,000 15,000,000 20,000,000 25,000,000 30,000,000 35,000,000

33,243,175

2,706,066

816,633

423,158

263,346

247,743

Main ReligiousGroupsIn 2011,

52,037,880 people in England & Walesanswered the Census question on religion

4,038,032 did not.

This bar chart shows the main religious groups.

Shintoism

Deist

Witchcraft

Satanism

Own Belief System

Heathen

Pantheism

Scientology

Believe in God

Zoroastrian

Taoist

Druid

Baha'i

Rastafarian

Ravidassia

Wicca

Spiritual

Jain

Mixed Religion

Spiritualist

Pagan

0 10,000 20,000 30,000 40,000 50,000 60,000

56,620

39,061

23,566

20,288

13,832

11,766

11,058

7,906

5,021

4,189

4,144

4,105

2,969

2,418

2,216

1,958

1,949

1,893

1,276

1,199

1,075

‘Other’ ReligionsIn 2011,

240,530 people in England & Walesstated a religion the Office for National Statistics classed as ‘other’.

This was 0.4% of the population.

This was up from around 151,000 people in 2001.

This bar chart shows the ones which more than1000 people said.

Realist

Free Thinker

Heavy Metal

Humanist

Atheist

Agnostic

Jedi Knight

0 20,000 40,000 60,000 80,000 100,000 120,000 140,000 160,000 180,000 200,000

176,632

32,382

29,267

15,067

6,242

513

348

In 2011,

14,097,229 people in England & Waleswere classed as having ‘no religion’ by the Office for National Statistics.

This was 25.1% of the population.

This was up from around 7.7million people in 2001.

This bar chart showsthe most common answers in thiscategory.

No Religion