ONS · Census 2011 KS209EW - Religion (Nomis)
Census 2011 religion
56,075,912people
Census 2011 religion were 56,075,912 people in Census 2011.
- ONS count
- Census 2011
- published 2 September 2026
- KS209EW - Religion
- row “England and Wales”
- column “All categories: Religion; RURAL_URBAN=Total”
- cell value 56075912
What this measures
Usual residents on census day 2011 by religious affiliation as answered on the voluntary census question, using the nine leaf categories of Census 2011 table KS209EW (Christian; Buddhist; Hindu; Jewish; Muslim; Sikh; Other religion; No religion; Religion not stated). The published "Has religion" subtotal is checked against the seven religions but not stored.
What this doesn’t measure
Religious practice or belief; denominations; the 2021 label "Not answered" (2011 says "Religion not stated").
Important caveat
The census religion question is voluntary and asks about religious affiliation, not practice or belief. People who left it blank are a published category ("Not answered" in 2021, "Religion not stated" in 2011) and are never removed from the total. "Other religion" groups every write-in religion together.
Revision history
No period of this series has been revised since it was first ingested here. Revisions are recorded automatically when a later release publishes a different figure for the same period.
Source
- Publisher
- ONS
- Publication
- Census 2011 KS209EW - Religion (Nomis)
- Release
- Census 2011 table released 2026-09-02, published 2 September 2026
- Source file
- NM_616_1_TYPE499+TYPE464_rural_urban=0.csv
- File SHA-256
- 0ee7865468d865bbc2a95aa016e6b45ecf2e9b93657fc1260c292d8028ec76fa
- Retrieved
- 2 September 2026
- Sheet
- NM_616_1
- Table
- KS209EW - Religion
- Row
- England and Wales
- Column
- All categories: Religion; RURAL_URBAN=Total
- Cell value
- 56075912
- Geography
- England and Wales
- Unit
- people
- API
- /api/metrics/census_religion_2011 · /series · /vintages
Government periods
Change during each government, from the level inherited to the last complete period before it left office. Describes the period; does not attribute cause.
- Release
- Census 2011 table released 2026-09-02 · publication page
- Last updated
- 2 September 2026
- Next release expected
- Not yet announced (estimated from the usual cadence)