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Religion, Census 2021

Usual residents of England and Wales by religion, Census 2021 (table TS030). The question was voluntary.

Christian: 46.2% of 59,597,540

27,522,672

Census Day, 21 March 2021

Verified against source, 30 October 2026, 11:50 UTC
Usual residents
010m20m30mChristian27,522,672No religion22,162,062Muslim3,868,133Not answered3,595,589Hindu1,032,775Sikh524,140Other religion348,334Buddhist272,508Jewish271,327

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

Data table

9 rows

CategoryUsual residents
Christian27,522,672
No religion22,162,062
Muslim3,868,133
Not answered3,595,589
Hindu1,032,775
Sikh524,140
Other religion348,334
Buddhist272,508
Jewish271,327

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Source and licence

Publisher
Office for National Statistics (Census 2021, via Nomis)
Check it yourself
https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/datasets/c2021ts030
Licence
Open Government Licence v3.0 – Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Retrieved
30 October 2026, 11:43 UTC
Raw files fetched

Verification

Verified against source, 30 October 2026, 11:50 UTC Run at 30 October 2026, 11:50 UTC; 9 of 9 figures matched the live source.

ResultCheckDetail
PassProvenance recordedOffice for National Statistics (Census 2021, via Nomis); Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-10-30T11:43:53Z; 1 raw file(s)
PassRaw files match recorded SHA-2561 of 1 files intact
PassRe-parsing raw files reproduces figures9 of 9 figures and the headline reproduced
PassFigures are finite numbers9 figures, 0 invalid
PassLive source matches every figure9 of 9 figures match exactly after downloading 1 source file(s) again (1 byte-identical); the headline matches
PassONS Census API agrees9 of 9 categories match England plus Wales from the ONS Census API (religion_tb); 7 to the person, the rest within 2 people, which is ONS's disclosure-control perturbation
PassSource page answershttps://www.nomisweb.co.uk/datasets/c2021ts030 – HTTP 200