census data on religion
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3 bar charts showing Census data about religion in England and Wales in 2011. Shows data on those that stated they had no religion and those whose religion is not in one of the main religious groups. The raw data can be accessed here: https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/census/2011/qs210ew Follow @statshan on TES, teaching with statistics on FB and find more resources from me on the TES website.TRANSCRIPT
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