Religion in UK

Religion in the UK Based on 2011 census

How did it look like?

England & Wales

Scotland

Northern Ireland and Ireland

England No religion 25%

Not stated 7% Other 0,4% Christian 59%

Buddhism 1%

Jewish 1%

Sikh 1% Hinduism 2%

Muslim 5%

Scotland Muslim 1%

CHRISTIANS

Buddhists, Hindus, Sikhs 1%

Church of Scotland

Roman Catholic

Other

11%

No religion 40% 30%

Christian 58%

59%

Wales

Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh 1%

Jewish 1%

Not stated 8%

Muslim 1%

No Religion 31%

Christian 58%

No religion

Northern Ireland Other

Methodist Roman Catholic

Church of Ireland

Presbyterian Church in Ireland

• Christians had the oldest age profile of the main religious groups while Muslims had the youngest age profile. • The number of people with no religion has increased across all age groups • The majority of people with no religion were white (93 %) and born in the UK (93%) and these groups have increased since 2001 • Muslims were more ethnically diverse: mostly Asian birth (68%) but also black (10%), white (8%) and mixed • Nearly four in ten Muslims reported their ethnicity as Pakistani, an increase since 2001. Nearly half of all Muslims were born in the UK • People with no religion had the highest proportion of people who were economically active, Christians and Muslims the lowest

Most frequently written answers 2001;2011 400 000

390 127

350 000 300 000 250 000 200 000

176 632

150 000 100 000

56 620 50 000

30 569

32 404 39 061

14 909

32 382

10 357

29 267

23 566

0

Jedi Knight

Pagan

Spiritualist

2001

Agnostic

2011

Atheist

Mixed Religion

Examples of written answers (more than 100 answers) • Rastafarian (7 906) • Heavy Metal (6 242) • Druid (4 189) • Taoist (4 144) • Believe in God (2 969) • Scientology (2 418) • Own belief system (1 949) • Satanism (1 893)

• Witchcraft (1 276) • Deist (1 199) • Free thinker (513) • Realist (348) • Reconstructionist (251) • Mysticism (204) • Confucionism (124)

Bibliography • Office for National Statistics, 2011 Census: Digitised Boundary Data (England and Wales) [computer file]. UK Data Service Census Support. Downloaded from: https://borders.ukdataservice.ac.uk/ • National Records of Scotland, 2011 Census: Digitised Boundary Data (Scotland) [computer file]. UK Data Service Census Support. Downloaded from: https://borders.ukdataservice.ac.uk/ • Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, 2011 Census: Digitised Boundary Data (Northern Ireland) [computer file]. UK Data Service Census Support. Downloaded from: https://borders.ukdataservice.ac.uk/ • http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20160105160709/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/cen sus/2011-census/detailed-characteristics-for-local-authorities-in-england-and-wales/styreligion.html • http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20160105160709/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/cen sus/2011-census/key-statistics-for-local-authorities-in-england-and-wales/sty-what-is-yourreligion.html • http://www.brin.ac.uk/2012/census-2011-any-other-religion/