Religion · ONS · Census 2021 (21 March 2021)

Christian by local authority, ranked

Every area with a published figure, in order of share of usual residents, highest first. Equal figures share a rank and are printed as ties; the order within a tie is alphabetical and means nothing.

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#	Area	share	UK percentile
1	Knowsley E08000011	66.6%	100
2	Ribble Valley E07000124	66.4%	100
3	Sefton E08000014	64.4%	99
4	Wigan E08000010	62.8%	99
5	St. Helens E08000013	62.3%	99
6	South Ribble E07000126	61.8%	98
7	Fylde E07000119	61.6%	98
=8	Chorley E07000118	61.5%	97
=8	West Lancashire E07000127	61.5%	97
=10	Boston E07000136	59.8%	97
=10	Wyre E07000128	59.8%	97
12	Staffordshire Moorlands E07000198	59.3%	97
13	South Staffordshire E07000196	59.2%	96
14	South Holland E07000140	58.9%	96
15	Halton E06000006	58.6%	96
16	Cumberland E06000063	58.5%	95
17	Wychavon E07000238	57.7%	95
18	Liverpool E08000012	57.3%	95
19	Warrington E06000007	56.7%	94
20	Stratford-on-Avon E07000221	56.4%	94
21	Brentwood E07000068	56.0%	94
22	Cotswold E07000079	55.7%	93
23	North Yorkshire E06000065	55.6%	93
=24	Derbyshire Dales E07000035	55.5%	92
=24	Shropshire E06000051	55.5%	92
26	Rutland E06000017	55.4%	92
27	Bassetlaw E07000171	55.3%	92
28	Westmorland and Furness E06000064	55.2%	91
=29	North Warwickshire E07000218	55.0%	91
=29	Wirral E08000015	55.0%	91
31	Herefordshire, County of E06000019	54.9%	91
32	South Kesteven E07000141	54.8%	90
33	West Lindsey E07000142	54.7%	90
34	County Durham E06000047	54.6%	90
35	Cheshire West and Chester E06000050	54.5%	89
=36	Cheshire East E06000049	54.3%	89
=36	Stafford E07000197	54.3%	89
38	Lichfield E07000194	54.2%	88
=39	East Lindsey E07000137	53.9%	88
=39	Malvern Hills E07000235	53.9%	88
41	Melton E07000133	53.7%	87
=42	Bromsgrove E07000234	53.5%	87
=42	North Kesteven E07000139	53.5%	87
=44	East Riding of Yorkshire E06000011	53.3%	86
=44	Wyre Forest E07000239	53.3%	86
=46	Northumberland E06000057	53.2%	85
=46	Sunderland E08000024	53.2%	85
48	Chichester E07000225	53.1%	85
=49	Broxbourne E07000095	53.0%	85
=49	Redcar and Cleveland E06000003	53.0%	85
51	South Tyneside E08000023	52.6%	84
52	Hartlepool E06000001	52.5%	84
=53	Cannock Chase E07000192	52.4%	83
=53	King's Lynn and West Norfolk E07000146	52.4%	83
55	North Norfolk E07000147	52.3%	83
=56	Havering E09000016	52.2%	82
=56	Mole Valley E07000210	52.2%	82
=58	Arun E07000224	52.1%	81
=58	Darlington E06000005	52.1%	81
=58	Fenland E07000010	52.1%	81
=58	North Lincolnshire E06000013	52.1%	81
62	Elmbridge E07000207	52.0%	81
63	Waverley E07000216	51.9%	80
=64	Lancaster E07000121	51.8%	79
=64	Newcastle-under-Lyme E07000195	51.8%	79
=64	Sevenoaks E07000111	51.8%	79
67	Thurrock E06000034	51.7%	79
=68	Dorset E06000059	51.6%	79
=68	New Forest E07000091	51.6%	79
70	West Oxfordshire E07000181	51.5%	78
71	Newark and Sherwood E07000175	51.4%	77
72	Barnsley E08000038	51.3%	77
73	Tandridge E07000215	51.2%	77
=74	East Hampshire E07000085	51.1%	76
=74	Stockton-on-Tees E06000004	51.1%	76
=76	Hyndburn E07000120	51.0%	75
=76	Tewkesbury E07000083	51.0%	75
=78	Doncaster E08000017	50.9%	74
=78	North East Derbyshire E07000038	50.9%	74
=78	Rother E07000064	50.9%	74
=78	Spelthorne E07000213	50.9%	74
=82	Blackpool E06000009	50.8%	73
=82	Gateshead E08000037	50.8%	73
84	Solihull E08000029	50.7%	73
=85	Forest of Dean E07000080	50.5%	72
=85	Rugby E07000220	50.5%	72
=85	Test Valley E07000093	50.5%	72
=88	East Staffordshire E07000193	50.4%	71
=88	Runnymede E07000212	50.4%	71
=90	Bexley E09000004	50.3%	70
=90	Cherwell E07000177	50.3%	70
=90	West Devon E07000047	50.3%	70
=93	Harborough E07000131	50.2%	69
=93	Somerset E06000066	50.2%	69
=93	Uttlesford E07000077	50.2%	69
=93	Wiltshire E06000054	50.2%	69
97	East Devon E07000040	50.1%	69
=98	Breckland E07000143	50.0%	68
=98	Surrey Heath E07000214	50.0%	68
100	South Oxfordshire E07000179	49.9%	68
=101	Hart E07000089	49.8%	67
=101	Hinckley and Bosworth E07000132	49.8%	67
=101	Windsor and Maidenhead E06000040	49.8%	67
104	Tunbridge Wells E07000116	49.7%	67
=105	Babergh E07000200	49.6%	66
=105	Dover E07000108	49.6%	66
=107	Maldon E07000074	49.5%	65
=107	Wealden E07000065	49.5%	65
=107	West Northamptonshire E06000062	49.5%	65
110	Epping Forest E07000072	49.4%	64
=111	Dudley E08000027	49.3%	62
=111	Horsham E07000227	49.3%	62
=111	Maidstone E07000110	49.3%	62
=111	Mid Suffolk E07000203	49.3%	62
=111	Tendring E07000076	49.3%	62
116	Gravesham E07000109	49.2%	62
=117	East Hertfordshire E07000242	49.1%	60
=117	Fareham E07000087	49.1%	60
=117	North West Leicestershire E07000134	49.1%	60
=117	Reigate and Banstead E07000211	49.1%	60
=117	Tamworth E07000199	49.1%	60
=117	West Berkshire E06000037	49.1%	60
=123	Rotherham E08000018	49.0%	60
=123	Wakefield E08000036	49.0%	60
=125	Croydon E09000008	48.9%	58
=125	Redditch E07000236	48.9%	58
=125	Worcester E07000237	48.9%	58
=128	Bury E08000002	48.8%	57
=128	Rossendale E07000125	48.8%	57
=130	Tonbridge and Malling E07000115	48.7%	56
=130	Torridge E07000046	48.7%	56
=132	Castle Point E07000069	48.6%	56
=132	Vale of White Horse E07000180	48.6%	56
=132	Winchester E07000094	48.6%	56
=135	East Cambridgeshire E07000009	48.5%	54
=135	High Peak E07000037	48.5%	54
=135	Nuneaton and Bedworth E07000219	48.5%	54
=135	Torbay E06000027	48.5%	54
=139	Kensington and Chelsea E09000020	48.4%	53
=139	Trafford E08000009	48.4%	53
=139	West Suffolk E07000245	48.4%	53
142	Bromley E09000006	48.3%	53
=143	Bolsover E07000033	48.2%	52
=143	Burnley E07000117	48.2%	52
=143	Guildford E07000209	48.2%	52
=146	Dartford E07000107	48.1%	51
=146	Epsom and Ewell E07000208	48.1%	51
=148	Chelmsford E07000070	48.0%	51
=148	Folkestone and Hythe E07000112	48.0%	51
=150	Central Bedfordshire E06000056	47.9%	50
=150	Mid Sussex E07000228	47.9%	50
=150	North Northamptonshire E06000061	47.9%	50
153	Tameside E08000008	47.8%	50
=154	Broadland E07000144	47.7%	48
=154	Chesterfield E07000034	47.7%	48
=154	Gloucester E07000081	47.7%	48
=154	Isle of Wight E06000046	47.7%	48
=154	Salford E08000006	47.7%	48
=159	Ashford E07000105	47.6%	45
=159	Bedford E06000055	47.6%	45
=159	Preston E07000123	47.6%	45
=159	Rochford E07000075	47.6%	45
=159	Telford and Wrekin E06000020	47.6%	45
=159	Three Rivers E07000102	47.6%	45
=159	Woking E07000217	47.6%	45
=166	Bracknell Forest E06000036	47.5%	44
=166	Stockport E08000007	47.5%	44
=166	Stroud E07000082	47.5%	44
=169	South Derbyshire E07000039	47.4%	43
=169	South Hams E07000044	47.4%	43
=169	South Norfolk E07000149	47.4%	43
=169	St Albans E07000240	47.4%	43
=173	Huntingdonshire E07000011	47.3%	43
=173	Mid Devon E07000042	47.3%	43
=175	Buckinghamshire E06000060	47.2%	41
=175	Swale E07000113	47.2%	41
=175	Teignbridge E07000045	47.2%	41
=175	Welwyn Hatfield E07000241	47.2%	41
=179	Braintree E07000067	47.1%	40
=179	East Suffolk E07000244	47.1%	40
=179	Isles of Scilly E06000053	47.1%	40
=179	Merton E09000024	47.1%	40
183	Bolton E08000001	47.0%	40
184	Rochdale E08000005	46.9%	39
185	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole E06000058	46.8%	39
=186	Great Yarmouth E07000145	46.7%	38
=186	North Devon E07000043	46.7%	38
=186	Thanet E07000114	46.7%	38
=189	Canterbury E07000106	46.6%	37
=189	North Somerset E06000024	46.6%	37
=189	North Tyneside E08000022	46.6%	37
=189	Swindon E06000030	46.6%	37
=193	Basildon E07000066	46.5%	36
=193	Mansfield E07000174	46.5%	36
=195	Dacorum E07000096	46.4%	35
=195	Enfield E09000010	46.4%	35
197	Peterborough E06000031	46.3%	35
198	Middlesbrough E06000002	46.0%	34
199	Eastbourne E07000061	45.9%	34
=200	Stoke-on-Trent E06000021	45.8%	33
=200	Sutton E09000029	45.8%	33
=202	Eastleigh E07000086	45.7%	33
=202	Hammersmith and Fulham E09000013	45.7%	33
204	Cheltenham E07000078	45.5%	32
=205	Amber Valley E07000032	45.4%	31
=205	Barking and Dagenham E09000002	45.4%	31
=205	Basingstoke and Deane E07000084	45.4%	31
=205	Cornwall E06000052	45.4%	31
=209	Havant E07000090	45.3%	30
=209	North East Lincolnshire E06000012	45.3%	30
=209	Richmond upon Thames E09000027	45.3%	30
=209	South Cambridgeshire E07000012	45.3%	30
213	Medway E06000035	45.1%	30
214	Oldham E08000004	44.9%	29
=215	Greenwich E09000011	44.7%	28
=215	Harlow E07000073	44.7%	28
=215	Walsall E08000030	44.7%	28
=215	Wokingham E06000041	44.7%	28
=219	Gosport E07000088	44.6%	27
=219	Warwick E07000222	44.6%	27
=221	Colchester E07000071	44.4%	27
=221	Watford E07000103	44.4%	27
=223	Rushcliffe E07000176	44.1%	26
=223	South Gloucestershire E06000025	44.1%	26
=225	Coventry E08000026	43.9%	25
=225	Worthing E07000229	43.9%	25
=225	York E06000014	43.9%	25
=228	Lewisham E09000023	43.8%	24
=228	North Hertfordshire E07000099	43.8%	24
=228	Wolverhampton E08000031	43.8%	24
231	Lambeth E09000022	43.7%	24
232	Blaby E07000129	43.4%	23
=233	Southwark E09000028	43.3%	23
=233	Stevenage E07000243	43.3%	23
235	Adur E07000223	43.1%	22
236	Milton Keynes E06000042	42.8%	22
237	Lewes E07000063	42.7%	21
=238	Crawley E07000226	42.6%	20
=238	Erewash E07000036	42.6%	20
=238	Kingston upon Thames E09000021	42.6%	20
=238	Southend-on-Sea E06000033	42.6%	20
=238	Wandsworth E09000032	42.6%	20
243	Plymouth E06000026	42.5%	20
244	Gedling E07000173	42.4%	19
=245	Leeds E08000035	42.3%	18
=245	Lincoln E07000138	42.3%	18
=245	Rushmoor E07000092	42.3%	18
=248	Bath and North East Somerset E06000022	42.2%	18
=248	Ipswich E07000202	42.2%	18
=250	Ashfield E07000170	42.0%	17
=250	Broxtowe E07000172	42.0%	17
252	Hertsmere E07000098	41.8%	16
=253	Calderdale E08000033	41.5%	15
=253	Charnwood E07000130	41.5%	15
255	Newcastle upon Tyne E08000021	41.3%	15
256	Derby E06000015	40.2%	14
257	Southampton E06000045	40.1%	14
258	Exeter E07000041	40.0%	13
=259	Kingston upon Hull, City of E06000010	39.9%	13
=259	Sandwell E08000028	39.9%	13
261	Reading E06000038	39.6%	12
=262	Kirklees E08000034	39.4%	12
=262	Portsmouth E06000044	39.4%	12
264	Haringey E09000014	39.3%	11
265	Pendle E07000122	39.2%	11
=266	Hillingdon E09000017	39.0%	10
=266	Waltham Forest E09000031	39.0%	10
268	Brent E09000005	38.8%	10
269	Sheffield E08000039	38.5%	10
270	Hounslow E09000018	38.3%	9
271	Oxford E07000178	38.1%	9
272	Blackburn with Darwen E06000008	38.0%	9
273	Luton E06000032	37.9%	8
=274	Ealing E09000009	37.8%	8
=274	Hastings E07000062	37.8%	8
276	Westminster E09000033	37.3%	7
277	Barnet E09000003	36.6%	7
278	Manchester E08000003	36.2%	6
279	Newham E09000025	35.3%	5
280	Cambridge E07000008	35.2%	5
=281	City of London E09000001	34.7%	4
=281	Islington E09000019	34.7%	4
=281	Nottingham E06000018	34.7%	4
284	Oadby and Wigston E07000135	34.6%	4
285	Birmingham E08000025	34.0%	3
286	Harrow E09000015	33.9%	3
287	Norwich E07000148	33.6%	3
288	Bradford E08000032	33.4%	3
289	Bristol, City of E06000023	32.2%	2
290	Slough E06000039	32.0%	2
291	Camden E09000007	31.4%	2
292	Brighton and Hove E06000043	30.9%	1
293	Hackney E09000012	30.7%	1
294	Redbridge E09000026	30.4%	1
295	Leicester E06000016	24.7%	0
296	Tower Hamlets E09000030	22.3%	0

How this ranking is made

Share of usual residents: people in the category ÷ all usual residents × 100.. Usual residents by religion from the Census of England and Wales, 2021 (TS030) and 2011 (KS209), official categories only. Shares are of all usual residents including those who did not answer.

Source: ONS: ons_census · Census 2021. Boundaries: 2025-05 BGC v2 LAD_MAY_2025_UK_BGC_V2. Percentiles are calculated across the whole UK, so they do not change when the table is filtered to one nation. A ranking compares areas of very different sizes and populations; the figure is the publisher’s own, and its rank is Civometry’s ordering of those published figures.

Knowsley has the highest share of usual residents of 296 England local authorities with a published figure, at 66.6% (Census 2021 (21 March 2021)). Source: ONS: ons_census.

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