17 April 2013
Religion in the 2011 Census
A summary of the responses to the "what is your religion" question in the 2011 census.
Region | Population | Christian | Hindu | Muslim | Sikh | Other | No religion |
England and Wales | 56,075,912 | 33,243,175 | 816,633 | 2,706,066 | 423,158 | 751,619 | 14,097,229 |
% of population |
| 59.3% | 1.5% | 4.8% | 0.8% | 1.3% | 25.1% |
East | 5,846,965 | 3,488,063 | 54,010 | 148,341 | 18,213 | 82,084 | 1,631,572 |
% of regional population |
| 59.7% | 0.9% | 2.5% | 0.3% | 1.4% | 27.9% |
East Midlands | 4,533,222 | 2,666,172 | 89,723 | 140,649 | 44,335 | 34,844 | 1,248,056 |
% of population |
| 58.8% | 2% | 3.1% | 1% | 0.8% | 27.5% |
London | 8,173,941 | 3,957,984 | 411,291 | 1,012,823 | 126,134 | 278,598 | 1,694,372 |
% of population |
| 48.4% | 5% | 12.4% | 1.5% | 3.4% | 20.7% |
North East | 2,596,886 | 1,753,334 | 7,772 | 46,764 | 5,964 | 17,487 | 607,700 |
% of population |
| 67.5% | 0.3% | 1.8% | 0.2% | 0.7% | 23.4% |
North West | 7,052,177 | 4,742,860 | 38,259 | 356,458 | 8,857 | 70,278 | 1,397,916 |
% of population |
| 67.3% | 0.5% | 5.1% | 0.1% | 1% | 19.8% |
South East | 8,634,750 | 5,160,128 | 92,499 | 210,651 | 54,941 | 101,379 | 2,388,286 |
% of regional population |
| 59.8% | 1.1% | 2.3% | 0.6% | 1.2% | 27.7% |
South West | 5,288,935 | 3,194,066 | 16,324 | 51,228 | 5,892 | 55,374 | 1,549,201 |
%of regional population |
| 60.4% | 0.3% | 1% | 0.1% | 1% | 29.3% |
Wales | 3,063,456 | 1,763,299 | 10,434 | 45,950 | 2,962 | 23,886 | 982,997 |
% of regional population |
| 57.6% | 0.3% | 1.5% | 0.1% | 0.8% | 32.1% |
West Midlands | 5,601,847 | 3,373,450 | 72,247 | 376,152 | 133,681 | 25,654 | 1,230,910 |
% of regional population |
| 60.2% | 1.3% | 6.7% | 2.4% | 0.8% | 22% |
Yorkshire & Humber | 5,283,733 | 3,143,819 | 24,074 | 326,050 | 22,179 | 40,765 | 1,366,219 |
% of regional population |
| 59.5% | 0.5% | 6.2% | 0.4% | 0.8% | 25.9% |