The largest religion in the 2011 Census for England and Wales was Christianity with 33.2 million people (59.3 per cent of the population). Changing picture of religious affiliation over last decade Norwich had the highest proportion of the population reporting no religion at 42.5 per cent.ģ. Knowsley was the local authority with the highest proportion of people reporting to be Christians at 80.9 per cent and Tower Hamlets had the highest proportion of Muslims at 34.5 per cent (over 7 times the England and Wales figure). The North East and North West had the highest proportion of Christians and Wales had the highest proportion of people reporting no religion. In 2011, London was the most diverse region with the highest proportion of people identifying themselves as Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu and Jewish. There were increases in the other main religious group categories, with the number of Muslims increasing the most (from 3.0 per cent to 4.8 per cent). The religion question was the only voluntary question on the 2011 census and 7.2 per cent of people did not answer the question.īetween 20 there has been a decrease in people who identify as Christian (from 71.7 per cent to 59.3 per cent) and an increase in those reporting no religion (from 14.8 per cent to 25.1 per cent). The second largest religious group were Muslims with 2.7 million people (4.8 per cent of the population).ġ4.1 million people, around a quarter of the population in England and Wales, reported they have no religion in 2011. In the 2011 Census, Christianity was the largest religion, with 33.2 million people (59.3 per cent of the population). Meanwhile the proportion of the population who reported they have no religion has now reached a quarter of the population. Muslims are the next biggest religious group and have grown in the last decade. Despite falling numbers Christianity remains the largest religion in England and Wales in 2011.
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