Religion by council, Census 2021

Usual residents of each of England's and Wales's 318 councils by religion, Census 2021, from the ONS Census API (its “Religion (10 categories)”).

No religion, highest: Leeds

326,231

Census Day, 21 March 2021

Verified against source, 30 October 2026, 11:50 UTC

Religion by council, Census 2021

Source: Office for National Statistics (Census 2021). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Data table

318 rows

Area	No religion	Christian	Buddhist	Hindu	Jewish	Muslim	Sikh	Other religion	Not answered
Leeds E08000035	326,231	343,311	2,874	9,217	6,267	63,054	10,047	3,637	47,315
Birmingham E08000025	276,327	389,406	4,340	21,997	1,687	341,811	33,126	6,367	69,856
Cornwall E06000052	264,037	259,145	2,079	547	507	1,333	130	4,393	38,134
Bristol, City of E06000023	242,864	152,126	2,710	3,545	1,228	31,776	2,247	3,546	32,423
Sheffield E08000019 its area before 1 April 2025	241,556	214,136	2,215	3,759	649	57,044	927	2,635	33,600
Somerset E06000066	237,262	286,672	1,930	1,103	451	2,600	189	3,962	37,379
North Yorkshire E06000065	226,879	342,441	2,035	1,679	631	2,984	325	2,761	35,758
Wiltshire E06000054	210,601	256,160	2,521	2,670	458	3,508	483	3,224	30,709
County Durham E06000047	201,688	285,167	1,290	990	286	2,922	839	2,198	26,687
Buckinghamshire E06000060	189,204	260,961	2,914	14,896	1,688	38,740	8,811	2,587	33,275
Manchester E08000003	179,037	199,873	3,219	6,048	2,632	122,962	2,718	2,736	32,713
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole E06000058	168,852	187,448	2,022	2,841	1,601	6,645	267	2,944	27,572
West Northamptonshire E06000062	162,751	210,553	1,515	5,431	430	14,694	1,791	2,406	26,154
Cardiff W06000015	155,589	138,885	1,630	5,434	690	33,650	1,517	2,028	22,888
Bradford E08000032	154,305	182,566	959	4,757	254	166,846	4,834	2,074	29,816
North Northamptonshire E06000061	152,998	172,329	1,095	4,540	291	4,373	1,787	1,900	20,212
Brighton and Hove E06000043	152,966	85,629	2,455	2,100	2,455	8,500	378	2,860	19,760
Dorset E06000059	152,267	195,676	1,613	714	453	1,562	117	2,361	24,816
Kirklees E08000034	150,599	170,577	996	1,723	187	80,046	3,476	1,663	23,949
Cheshire East E06000049	150,257	216,629	1,314	2,046	640	4,140	371	1,558	21,815
Wakefield E08000036	145,950	173,070	797	1,270	127	11,279	501	1,405	18,972
Liverpool E08000012	142,994	278,330	2,128	3,802	1,807	25,756	641	1,991	28,639
Cheshire West and Chester E06000050	135,025	194,705	1,074	1,551	288	3,506	251	1,238	19,512
East Riding of Yorkshire E06000011	133,916	182,396	885	758	284	1,966	227	1,224	20,560
South Gloucestershire E06000025	133,749	128,014	1,056	2,896	173	4,720	1,006	1,319	17,492
Rhondda Cynon Taf W06000016	133,486	86,474	588	497	72	1,378	248	1,083	13,826
Nottingham E06000018	133,403	112,200	1,671	5,403	941	39,540	4,110	2,263	24,099
Kingston upon Hull, City of E06000010	131,424	106,411	746	646	146	9,285	277	1,124	16,957
Plymouth E06000026	129,338	112,526	1,018	814	207	3,474	96	1,527	15,695
Northumberland E06000057	128,703	170,668	752	446	172	1,635	654	1,353	16,181
Central Bedfordshire E06000056	126,001	140,903	996	3,035	620	3,965	1,399	1,362	15,971
Bromley E09000006	122,943	159,452	2,100	9,644	966	10,876	1,068	1,704	21,238
Doncaster E08000017	122,645	156,747	821	1,294	116	6,898	1,391	1,724	16,470
Newcastle upon Tyne E08000021	122,485	124,009	1,352	4,212	573	26,896	1,449	1,281	17,869
Medway E06000035	120,309	126,097	999	3,172	217	7,636	4,363	1,705	15,273
Shropshire E06000051	119,573	179,516	895	557	182	1,708	760	1,482	18,931
Wirral E08000015	119,447	176,159	1,015	1,406	256	3,257	311	1,258	17,092
Lambeth E09000022	119,123	138,714	2,437	3,179	1,344	25,871	527	2,351	24,110
Wandsworth E09000032	118,543	139,656	2,275	6,419	1,756	32,519	967	1,871	23,500
Stockport E08000007	116,749	139,951	964	2,388	1,234	16,332	503	1,207	15,445
Dudley E08000027	116,404	159,461	798	2,193	83	19,978	5,316	1,463	17,792
Swansea W06000011	112,687	98,492	942	1,010	159	7,694	346	1,175	15,985
Southwark E09000028	111,935	133,298	2,965	3,444	1,243	29,633	632	2,149	22,338
East Suffolk E07000244	110,438	115,943	814	692	266	1,293	151	1,385	15,076
Lewisham E09000023	110,379	131,706	3,270	6,459	826	22,264	720	2,269	22,660
Milton Keynes E06000042	108,953	122,935	1,404	12,911	383	20,484	1,959	1,558	16,473
Sunderland E08000024	108,261	145,806	539	611	87	4,846	915	835	12,272
Southampton E06000045	108,000	99,910	1,333	3,265	254	13,893	4,192	1,663	16,412
Rotherham E08000018	105,821	130,147	542	666	81	13,465	461	932	13,692
Barnsley E08000016 its area before 1 April 2025	102,906	125,502	435	416	62	1,404	256	862	12,728
Coventry E08000026	102,338	151,577	1,257	13,724	259	35,800	17,297	1,908	21,166
Croydon E09000008	101,119	190,880	2,371	23,145	609	40,717	1,654	3,189	27,035
Wigan E08000010	99,784	206,870	831	995	84	4,155	122	1,099	15,390
Caerphilly W06000018	99,767	63,998	322	246	84	594	210	766	9,966
North Somerset E06000024	98,085	100,990	695	468	166	1,346	117	1,166	13,696
Portsmouth E06000044	97,887	81,939	1,077	1,596	200	10,174	459	1,259	13,413
Stoke-on-Trent E06000021	97,433	118,434	811	1,356	83	23,790	602	1,150	14,710
North Tyneside E08000022	96,413	97,333	587	823	128	2,517	437	774	9,954
Salford E08000006	96,140	128,785	1,022	2,113	10,373	13,542	728	1,068	16,152
Derby E06000015	95,639	104,969	828	3,065	150	29,137	9,762	1,297	16,517
Swindon E06000030	94,559	108,778	1,700	5,865	131	6,310	1,448	1,514	13,105
Cumberland E06000063	94,309	159,883	705	475	97	1,384	65	952	15,384
Greenwich E09000011	94,208	129,112	5,034	11,647	603	24,715	3,229	1,802	18,716
Hackney E09000012	94,113	79,499	2,343	1,998	17,426	34,578	1,867	4,879	22,442
York E06000014	93,577	89,019	1,045	1,043	273	2,488	179	1,266	13,930
Bath and North East Somerset E06000022	92,567	81,553	996	875	325	1,909	162	1,097	13,930
Sandwell E08000028	89,102	136,354	943	9,447	79	45,763	39,252	2,430	18,465
Islington E09000019	88,466	75,129	1,813	2,195	2,714	25,840	603	2,930	16,902
Tameside E08000008	87,910	110,539	588	3,096	87	16,945	181	879	10,846
Calderdale E08000033	86,787	85,677	630	1,173	153	19,650	387	1,045	11,129
Walsall E08000030	85,819	126,921	533	5,096	74	32,107	17,148	1,658	14,768
Colchester E07000071	85,484	85,605	1,321	2,546	325	4,021	233	1,144	12,037
Westmorland and Furness E06000064	84,698	125,104	859	228	140	802	41	954	13,765
Leicester E06000016	84,607	91,161	1,181	65,821	326	86,443	16,451	2,075	20,509
Haringey E09000014	83,535	103,944	2,455	3,529	9,397	33,295	892	6,164	21,027
Carmarthenshire W06000010	83,409	89,378	557	419	103	1,026	177	1,127	11,703
Bexley E09000004	82,816	123,908	2,048	7,516	217	9,721	5,272	988	13,986
Basildon E07000066	82,780	87,239	556	2,326	403	3,381	355	733	9,798
Tower Hamlets E09000030	82,635	69,223	2,961	6,298	1,341	123,912	966	1,652	21,318
Southend-on-Sea E06000033	81,187	76,884	953	2,057	2,057	5,461	203	1,128	10,756
Basingstoke and Deane E07000084	80,443	84,090	1,583	4,099	168	2,802	505	1,139	10,323
Havering E09000016	80,235	136,765	1,092	6,454	1,305	16,135	4,498	1,056	14,512
Sefton E08000014	79,905	179,806	681	1,095	364	2,257	133	980	14,012
Huntingdonshire E07000011	79,126	85,568	670	972	222	2,583	325	900	10,466
Barnet E09000003	78,684	142,321	4,158	22,105	56,616	47,688	1,524	5,192	31,056
Gateshead E08000037	78,572	99,572	469	522	2,905	4,126	386	797	8,804
Trafford E08000009	77,864	113,712	955	4,656	2,408	20,549	1,984	920	12,007
Waltham Forest E09000031	77,739	108,630	1,834	5,155	1,268	60,157	1,285	2,810	19,548
Norwich E07000148	76,973	48,399	983	1,719	331	4,289	185	1,283	9,760
Stockton-on-Tees E06000004	76,840	100,420	532	811	61	6,675	782	550	9,924
West Suffolk E07000245	76,597	87,174	810	669	198	1,866	110	967	11,554
Bolton E08000001	76,244	139,144	576	5,887	159	58,997	219	979	13,758
Bridgend W06000013	76,141	58,776	398	339	38	797	98	692	8,209
Telford and Wrekin E06000020	75,965	88,275	597	1,352	78	5,043	2,851	933	10,448
Charnwood E07000130	74,902	76,327	643	12,278	149	5,703	2,042	953	10,971
Chelmsford E07000070	74,741	87,181	878	3,084	387	3,666	284	757	10,545
Richmond upon Thames E09000027	74,076	88,556	1,593	4,184	1,262	8,492	1,987	1,273	13,855
Wolverhampton E08000031	73,317	115,640	915	9,882	94	14,489	31,769	3,158	14,465
Warrington E06000007	73,042	119,650	605	1,495	190	3,686	478	794	11,034
North East Lincolnshire E06000012	73,008	71,063	417	425	79	1,922	183	653	9,218
Camden E09000007	72,776	65,980	2,410	3,991	10,079	33,830	487	1,842	18,743
New Forest E07000091	71,539	90,768	536	284	234	590	87	1,006	10,741
Solihull E08000029	71,065	109,707	594	6,037	283	11,532	5,029	821	11,173
Neath Port Talbot W06000012	70,941	59,974	383	400	32	1,062	151	630	8,716
Maidstone E07000110	70,501	86,589	1,341	2,477	164	3,332	270	1,123	9,984
South Cambridgeshire E07000012	70,269	73,469	796	2,433	466	2,744	281	818	10,840
Ealing E09000009	70,233	138,937	4,003	28,236	1,041	68,907	28,491	2,733	24,533
Peterborough E06000031	70,066	99,802	617	3,813	185	26,239	1,348	999	12,604
Braintree E07000067	69,930	73,056	417	591	281	1,019	112	672	9,190
Swale E07000113	68,784	71,562	406	587	118	1,529	208	672	7,811
Newport W06000022	68,564	68,287	479	761	90	11,280	415	739	8,977
Herefordshire, County of E06000019	68,475	102,614	646	384	142	790	117	904	12,962
Sutton E09000029	67,769	95,960	1,822	14,666	407	14,736	447	1,244	12,589
Wealden E07000065	67,386	79,239	530	381	312	804	52	1,298	10,149
West Berkshire E06000037	66,290	79,217	552	2,083	236	2,107	367	705	9,891
Canterbury E07000106	66,087	73,413	961	1,297	310	2,875	279	1,145	11,062
Arun E07000224	65,762	85,922	502	391	262	1,157	79	861	9,953
North Lincolnshire E06000013	65,581	88,455	406	418	49	4,201	566	614	9,390
Wokingham E06000041	65,428	79,389	881	8,464	435	8,597	2,992	775	10,544
Enfield E09000010	65,241	153,015	1,716	10,231	3,713	61,477	1,199	10,351	23,041
Cambridge E07000008	65,160	51,335	1,668	3,301	1,057	7,392	322	1,122	14,315
Rochdale E08000005	64,349	104,841	398	613	218	42,121	191	675	10,366
Mid Sussex E07000228	64,207	73,108	577	1,573	328	1,841	148	1,121	9,666
Tendring E07000076	64,075	73,061	420	350	224	647	63	696	8,758
Dacorum E07000096	63,681	71,955	726	2,547	896	4,869	311	747	9,350
Ashfield E07000170	63,479	53,095	250	418	40	762	294	596	7,367
Exeter E07000041	63,385	52,221	715	698	201	2,815	179	868	9,627
Reading E06000038	63,287	68,988	2,887	8,757	329	15,481	1,194	1,241	12,062
Ipswich E07000202	63,256	58,898	596	1,342	101	5,433	456	838	8,722
Bedford E06000055	63,243	88,178	629	3,045	232	13,059	4,114	2,014	10,711
Oxford E07000178	63,201	61,750	1,195	2,523	1,120	14,093	599	1,447	16,110
East Devon E07000040	63,176	75,621	499	163	154	515	33	810	9,857
Vale of Glamorgan W06000014	63,164	58,237	420	440	143	1,205	147	641	7,546
Flintshire W06000005	62,995	79,849	397	320	60	739	23	476	10,102
South Norfolk E07000149	62,982	67,308	524	542	197	859	57	664	8,817
East Hertfordshire E07000242	62,816	73,732	546	921	560	1,756	224	652	8,951
Thanet E07000114	62,054	65,654	598	803	268	2,129	103	866	8,115
Horsham E07000227	61,763	72,325	581	814	272	1,270	105	658	8,990
Isle of Wight E06000046	61,721	67,005	499	257	136	593	39	1,111	9,099
Eastleigh E07000086	61,379	62,367	514	1,350	114	1,406	1,023	630	7,660
South Oxfordshire E07000179	61,344	74,332	618	1,095	342	1,441	252	671	8,990
Cherwell E07000177	61,286	80,987	900	1,243	200	5,206	622	821	9,753
Thurrock E06000034	61,043	90,940	703	2,376	225	8,586	2,030	901	9,196
King's Lynn and West Norfolk E07000146	60,898	80,869	476	428	157	804	119	795	9,782
Oldham E08000004	60,507	108,720	468	1,222	146	59,031	132	589	11,273
Teignbridge E07000045	60,421	63,599	541	109	117	390	42	955	8,629
Merton E09000024	60,224	101,320	1,899	12,610	754	21,673	614	1,205	14,888
Torbay E06000027	60,178	67,634	553	223	141	788	60	976	8,771
Amber Valley E07000032	59,722	57,333	280	223	60	350	254	717	7,264
Breckland E07000143	59,622	70,710	400	209	145	650	62	801	8,877
Warwick E07000222	59,337	66,224	594	3,743	278	2,243	6,299	774	8,961
North Hertfordshire E07000099	59,315	58,320	658	1,455	369	2,064	2,280	733	8,016
Hillingdon E09000017	59,214	119,434	2,621	33,020	1,392	44,077	26,339	2,683	17,129
Havant E07000090	58,869	56,317	357	339	97	657	98	620	6,854
Broadland E07000144	58,584	62,767	391	372	157	648	89	574	8,139
South Tyneside E08000023	58,045	77,783	264	259	36	3,736	461	520	6,672
Vale of White Horse E07000180	57,894	67,443	755	1,193	268	1,982	250	686	8,442
Blackpool E06000009	57,812	71,698	500	511	227	2,004	109	707	7,468
Kingston upon Thames E09000021	57,641	71,670	1,726	8,456	693	13,366	1,428	1,119	11,966
Reigate and Banstead E07000211	57,451	73,992	698	3,640	364	4,642	315	636	9,108
St. Helens E08000013	57,184	114,200	501	597	63	1,340	54	652	8,655
Bury E08000002	57,008	94,669	508	874	10,734	19,243	575	649	9,591
Guildford E07000209	56,969	69,233	991	1,972	382	3,105	316	677	10,004
Tonbridge and Malling E07000115	56,516	64,406	451	1,167	163	1,381	240	508	7,369
Wrexham W06000006	56,477	66,880	404	333	51	1,540	78	513	8,841
Erewash E07000036	56,350	48,084	261	518	40	500	351	600	6,201
Hammersmith and Fulham E09000013	56,059	83,673	1,723	2,209	1,228	21,290	450	1,227	15,298
Powys W06000023	55,971	65,134	595	307	81	462	72	935	9,612
Gedling E07000173	55,880	49,698	364	774	98	2,478	952	550	6,471
East Lindsey E07000137	55,197	76,661	324	195	84	457	89	690	8,602
St Albans E07000240	55,020	70,246	735	2,740	2,237	6,915	535	709	9,029
Redcar and Cleveland E06000003	54,921	72,359	280	139	37	984	70	491	7,248
Lancaster E07000121	54,433	74,108	604	604	144	2,663	147	809	9,422
Ashford E07000105	54,002	63,197	1,341	2,717	142	2,110	147	1,533	7,558
South Kesteven E07000141	53,837	78,626	374	853	126	731	119	574	8,165
Winchester E07000094	53,752	61,948	789	948	219	904	188	673	8,023
Hounslow E09000018	53,502	110,269	3,932	27,360	622	48,028	24,677	2,323	17,469
Stroud E07000082	53,424	57,483	530	278	141	409	79	897	7,863
Test Valley E07000093	53,030	65,873	619	1,015	114	1,180	581	597	7,483
Pembrokeshire W06000009	52,998	60,174	462	161	58	587	32	746	8,145
Westminster E09000033	52,936	76,245	2,603	4,457	5,628	40,873	573	1,741	19,179
Rushcliffe E07000176	52,917	52,467	402	1,856	280	2,677	1,167	587	6,724
Cheltenham E07000078	52,733	54,073	559	1,192	198	1,744	181	619	7,536
Gloucester E07000081	52,507	63,145	401	1,283	64	6,200	255	652	7,908
Middlesbrough E06000002	52,415	66,143	437	1,436	41	14,703	606	460	7,683
Broxtowe E07000172	51,966	46,644	475	1,215	122	2,545	1,037	540	6,396
Gwynedd W06000002	51,941	54,249	426	255	59	1,137	46	770	8,512
East Hampshire E07000085	51,488	64,194	403	361	213	749	83	593	7,660
Worthing E07000229	50,895	48,897	704	739	274	1,912	124	778	7,013
Newham E09000025	50,795	123,746	2,160	21,405	448	122,146	5,638	1,765	22,933
Nuneaton and Bedworth E07000219	50,778	65,042	726	2,185	39	3,979	3,529	850	7,068
Newark and Sherwood E07000175	50,655	63,222	289	229	90	749	166	514	7,042
Stafford E07000197	50,479	74,360	570	1,263	61	1,488	605	683	7,359
Mansfield E07000174	50,400	51,385	305	376	37	1,240	239	489	6,012
Bracknell Forest E06000036	50,300	59,141	1,039	2,942	190	2,216	1,055	743	6,981
Fareham E07000087	49,987	56,248	341	401	66	714	88	491	6,176
Waverley E07000216	49,987	66,605	564	453	265	1,505	117	603	8,130
Dover E07000108	49,302	57,768	591	723	113	734	73	649	6,457
Elmbridge E07000207	49,121	72,133	750	2,218	750	3,531	742	609	8,899
Lincoln E07000138	48,940	43,898	355	456	70	1,896	103	793	7,302
Stratford-on-Avon E07000221	48,339	75,936	397	617	178	646	573	569	7,469
Lewes E07000063	48,136	42,623	560	317	305	841	63	755	6,302
Newcastle-under-Lyme E07000195	48,009	63,931	474	698	66	2,223	252	533	7,116
Chichester E07000225	47,977	65,910	611	312	226	685	43	664	7,640
Windsor and Maidenhead E06000040	47,641	76,514	870	4,706	521	8,607	4,517	694	9,426
Sevenoaks E07000111	47,639	62,479	464	805	234	1,088	288	416	7,102
Hinckley and Bosworth E07000132	47,368	56,637	265	1,251	39	796	740	556	5,987
Conwy W06000003	46,946	58,283	375	254	63	842	33	621	7,324
Torfaen W06000020	46,872	38,327	260	253	14	363	62	490	5,631
Hastings E07000062	46,750	34,425	568	468	172	1,767	37	812	5,996
North Kesteven E07000139	46,641	63,147	215	244	67	529	91	546	6,594
Tunbridge Wells E07000116	46,480	57,258	484	1,115	224	1,904	81	558	7,207
West Oxfordshire E07000181	46,393	58,801	433	278	187	757	62	604	6,721
Wychavon E07000238	46,361	76,487	334	203	112	724	339	553	7,378
Brent E09000005	46,153	131,914	3,117	52,876	3,723	72,574	1,530	4,424	23,506
South Derbyshire E07000039	46,148	50,805	245	565	40	775	2,263	493	5,874
Chesterfield E07000034	46,066	49,420	265	357	35	980	173	499	5,775
North West Leicestershire E07000134	45,987	51,429	221	478	45	419	304	461	5,362
Folkestone and Hythe E07000112	45,890	52,653	1,074	1,625	146	1,107	46	973	6,242
Halton E06000006	45,261	75,269	291	327	46	805	80	453	5,946
Great Yarmouth E07000145	45,084	46,564	267	351	63	723	37	537	6,120
Epping Forest E07000072	44,976	66,733	512	2,848	4,376	4,699	1,847	868	8,120
Mid Suffolk E07000203	44,715	50,674	327	165	86	254	27	428	6,023
North Devon E07000043	44,490	46,030	326	175	90	431	51	568	6,450
Welwyn Hatfield E07000241	44,307	56,536	890	3,807	1,093	3,923	450	819	8,011
Bassetlaw E07000171	44,234	65,122	253	271	45	734	182	472	6,491
Eastbourne E07000061	43,919	46,674	568	513	187	2,265	42	750	6,768
Blaby E07000129	43,851	44,684	263	3,825	57	1,421	2,927	410	5,488
North East Derbyshire E07000038	43,173	51,954	199	123	62	302	138	399	5,650
Darlington E06000005	42,780	56,194	344	453	36	1,849	443	404	5,296
Dartford E07000107	42,581	56,172	691	4,433	91	4,100	2,014	465	6,205
East Staffordshire E07000193	42,020	62,560	332	361	38	10,778	403	542	6,986
Knowsley E08000011	42,001	102,929	260	456	86	968	65	285	7,469
Crawley E07000226	41,555	50,497	529	6,090	96	11,521	851	634	6,720
Rugby E07000220	41,331	57,728	440	3,758	69	2,109	1,552	598	6,778
Cannock Chase E07000192	41,294	52,707	222	162	29	346	379	445	4,935
Barking and Dagenham E09000002	41,191	99,342	821	6,596	272	53,389	4,284	981	11,991
Worcester E07000237	41,084	50,755	367	433	51	4,227	168	451	6,335
Hart E07000089	40,898	49,461	630	1,187	117	807	325	404	5,579
Fenland E07000010	40,897	53,354	239	213	110	682	111	513	6,340
North Norfolk E07000147	40,804	53,825	373	75	130	173	17	641	6,941
Lichfield E07000194	40,563	57,683	245	460	61	722	923	443	5,336
Harlow E07000073	40,506	41,730	370	891	319	3,737	85	608	5,081
High Peak E07000037	40,381	44,125	332	86	55	239	18	489	5,210
Monmouthshire W06000021	40,311	45,250	339	204	79	435	102	519	5,720
Denbighshire W06000004	40,297	47,226	320	209	48	740	38	483	6,456
Stevenage E07000243	40,158	38,712	398	1,397	163	2,822	307	523	5,015
Gosport E07000088	39,662	36,558	272	226	37	454	29	520	4,194
Babergh E07000200	39,638	45,765	242	156	127	433	26	401	5,553
Luton E06000032	39,580	85,297	664	7,438	246	74,191	3,032	1,115	13,697
Wyre Forest E07000239	39,256	54,180	234	126	42	1,056	256	472	5,985
South Hams E07000044	39,029	42,008	540	92	126	295	22	740	5,774
Redbridge E09000026	38,999	94,473	1,611	34,372	6,412	97,068	17,622	2,028	17,675
Castle Point E07000069	38,985	43,545	238	435	661	712	78	340	4,592
Preston E07000123	38,931	70,424	435	4,398	76	23,825	1,091	610	8,045
Tewkesbury E07000083	38,746	48,345	341	684	70	521	113	399	5,666
Rochford E07000075	38,497	40,777	206	367	293	415	44	332	4,730
Uttlesford E07000077	37,916	45,850	369	419	351	669	100	379	5,288
Rother E07000064	37,859	47,373	327	211	169	517	16	514	6,123
Rushmoor E07000092	37,854	42,173	4,732	5,708	60	2,462	198	1,245	5,324
Wyre E07000128	37,720	66,973	294	183	85	452	26	477	5,732
Blaenau Gwent W06000019	37,706	24,392	119	76	10	287	108	309	3,897
East Cambridgeshire E07000009	37,682	42,573	325	326	123	552	125	497	5,560
Harborough E07000131	37,480	49,046	256	2,477	118	1,120	1,467	379	5,281
Mid Devon E07000042	37,304	39,197	258	110	63	137	29	506	5,249
Bromsgrove E07000234	37,139	53,075	284	670	94	859	1,152	392	5,518
West Lancashire E07000127	37,018	72,269	262	241	70	507	94	357	6,609
Hartlepool E06000001	36,995	48,495	180	222	27	1,213	166	285	4,755
Chorley E07000118	36,383	72,438	286	335	59	1,648	59	534	5,990
Forest of Dean E07000080	36,238	43,969	220	103	59	237	68	520	5,593
West Lindsey E07000142	36,111	52,061	221	290	45	383	130	481	5,430
Bolsover E07000033	36,067	38,653	150	132	39	252	125	337	4,517
South Staffordshire E07000196	35,933	65,385	273	441	41	863	1,716	462	5,358
Kensington and Chelsea E09000020	35,610	69,335	1,606	1,584	2,681	16,865	319	1,064	14,311
Tamworth E07000199	34,850	38,593	194	217	15	354	221	310	3,894
Redditch E07000236	34,837	42,549	184	307	52	3,628	309	384	4,786
Woking E07000217	34,574	49,465	642	2,488	223	9,730	285	502	6,034
Gravesham E07000109	34,353	52,565	347	1,491	76	3,326	8,560	664	5,517
South Ribble E07000126	34,239	68,622	232	776	58	1,027	117	379	5,585
Tandridge E07000215	34,192	44,956	340	1,012	152	1,159	90	341	5,630
Mole Valley E07000210	33,563	45,616	345	646	218	1,046	118	360	5,475
Cotswold E07000079	33,310	50,597	333	237	159	236	65	422	5,476
Blackburn with Darwen E06000008	32,717	58,793	262	483	49	54,146	139	439	7,711
Broxbourne E07000095	32,714	52,492	479	1,150	365	4,249	156	1,601	5,803
Surrey Heath E07000214	32,546	45,265	951	2,021	142	2,829	1,054	496	5,153
Staffordshire Moorlands E07000198	32,466	56,835	182	116	35	263	62	395	5,491
Spelthorne E07000213	32,112	52,432	703	4,372	174	4,146	2,612	520	5,884
South Holland E07000140	31,438	56,024	171	219	62	448	117	416	6,228
Merthyr Tydfil W06000024	31,322	23,614	127	110	5	289	82	229	3,061
Adur E07000223	30,890	27,836	274	209	249	840	31	392	3,820
Ceredigion W06000008	30,749	33,409	378	158	75	515	35	677	5,480
Runnymede E07000212	30,654	44,415	458	2,029	223	2,519	1,269	450	6,062
Malvern Hills E07000235	30,310	42,846	288	143	65	386	86	407	4,955
Burnley E07000117	29,822	45,608	227	174	33	13,255	53	355	5,119
Torridge E07000046	29,542	33,184	212	34	45	108	19	432	4,539
Three Rivers E07000102	28,922	44,655	486	7,791	1,463	3,458	844	870	5,282
Epsom and Ewell E07000208	28,903	38,957	549	2,891	206	3,926	224	334	4,948
Maldon E07000074	28,754	32,796	197	128	128	298	47	276	3,586
Rossendale E07000125	28,412	34,611	184	103	64	3,476	32	333	3,655
Isle of Anglesey W06000001	28,066	35,485	154	62	30	328	30	278	4,446
Harrow E09000015	27,748	88,602	2,812	67,392	7,304	41,503	2,743	7,695	15,404
Pendle E07000122	27,526	37,526	223	70	32	24,900	35	357	5,090
Derbyshire Dales E07000035	26,688	39,728	207	67	54	259	51	328	4,156
Hertsmere E07000098	26,092	45,022	623	5,337	18,346	4,062	245	1,117	6,982
Brentwood E07000068	25,655	43,179	302	1,371	330	1,221	395	260	4,334
Fylde E07000119	25,389	50,138	275	234	288	576	64	327	4,082
Watford E07000103	25,340	45,447	1,021	8,398	944	13,262	664	859	6,311
North Warwickshire E07000218	24,802	35,778	139	190	26	259	306	270	3,269
West Devon E07000047	23,754	28,713	209	32	63	142	9	457	3,717
Hyndburn E07000120	23,360	41,949	152	84	28	12,049	30	342	4,242
Boston E07000136	22,034	42,171	164	237	41	967	32	283	4,573
Slough E06000039	20,726	50,664	776	12,343	85	46,661	17,985	716	8,544
Melton E07000133	20,365	27,771	148	200	28	130	70	181	2,861
Oadby and Wigston E07000135	17,441	19,996	185	5,747	95	6,480	4,342	333	3,128
Ribble Valley E07000124	16,144	40,855	132	178	22	796	24	162	3,248
Rutland E06000017	15,239	22,728	150	125	53	258	67	201	2,231
City of London E09000001	3,763	2,976	95	203	177	540	6	55	767
Isles of Scilly E06000053	950	967	3	1	1	0	0	7	125
Barnsley E08000038	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000016	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000016	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000016	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000016	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000016	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000016	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000016	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000016	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000016
Sheffield E08000039	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019

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No religion · 316 areas, each shaded by the fifth of the areas its figure falls in

950 to 39k
39k to 51k
51k to 63k
63k to 94k
94k to 326k

Boundaries: Council boundaries, May 2026, from the geography spine. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Verification

Verified against source, 30 October 2026, 11:50 UTC Run at 30 October 2026, 11:50 UTC; 2862 of 2862 figures matched the live source.

Result	Check	Detail
Pass	Provenance recorded	Office for National Statistics (Census 2021); Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-10-30T11:44:02Z; 2 raw file(s)
Pass	Raw files match recorded SHA-256	2 of 2 files intact
Pass	Re-parsing raw files reproduces figures	2862 of 2862 figures and the headline reproduced
Pass	Figures are finite numbers	2862 figures, 0 invalid
Pass	Live source matches every figure	2862 of 2862 figures match exactly after downloading 2 source file(s) again (2 byte-identical); the headline matches
Pass	The ONS's answer for England and for Wales agrees	in 18 of 18 cells (a category in a nation) the councils sum to the nation's count at https://api.beta.ons.gov.uk/v1/population-types/UR/census-observations?area-type=ctry&dimensions=religion_tb within twice the square root of the councils summed (3 exactly; the largest gap 0.64 of its limit), the Census's cell-by-cell perturbation
Pass	Nomis's council file (census-religion) agrees	2,826 of 2,826 cells, in 314 councils, equal to census2021-ts030-ltla.csv in census-religion's raw file
Pass	Source page answers	https://www.ons.gov.uk/datasets/create – HTTP 200

Notes

Census Day was the 21st of March 2021. The ONS perturbs every count slightly to protect privacy, each cell on its own, so a council's categories can add up to a total a few people different from one topic to another, and its councils add up to England's and Wales's counts only within a few dozen.
By council as the ONS's Census API gives them, its lower-tier local authorities of 2023, with Barnsley's and Sheffield's figures under the codes they had until the 1st of April 2025, as the API gives them. Scotland's and Northern Ireland's censuses are separate, so their councils are not here.
Every council's categories together count all its usual residents.
The ONS's description of the topic, “Religion (10 categories)”: The religion people connect or identify with (their religious affiliation), whether or not they practise 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.