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RATE	Government Region	District/Unitary Authority	Modern (2024) Ward
Percentage Asian	1991 - 2021 Dates 1991 2001 2011 2021	1991 - 2021 Dates 1991 2001 2011 2021	1991 - 2021 Dates 1991 2001 2011 2021
Percentage Black	1991 - 2021 Dates 1991 2001 2011 2021	1991 - 2021 Dates 1991 2001 2011 2021	1991 - 2021 Dates 1991 2001 2011 2021
Percentage White	1991 - 2021 Dates 1991 2001 2011 2021	1991 - 2021 Dates 1991 2001 2011 2021	1991 - 2021 Dates 1991 2001 2011 2021
Baptist 'Attendances' as Percentage of Total	1851 Dates 1851	1851 Dates 1851	N/A
Calvinistic Methodist 'Attendances' as Percentage of Total	1851 Dates 1851	1851 Dates 1851	N/A
Church of England 'Attendances' as Percentage of Total	1851 Dates 1851	1851 Dates 1851	N/A
Church of Scotland 'Attendances' as Percentage of Total	1851 Dates 1851	1851 Dates 1851	N/A
Roman Catholic 'Attendances' as Percentage of Total	1851 Dates 1851	1851 Dates 1851	N/A
Wesleyan Methodist 'Attendances' as Percentage of Total	1851 Dates 1851	1851 Dates 1851	N/A
Percentage Buddhist	2001 - 2021 Dates 2001 2011 2021	2001 - 2021 Dates 2001 2011 2021	2001 - 2021 Dates 2001 2011 2021
Percentage Christian	2001 - 2021 Dates 2001 2011 2021	2001 - 2021 Dates 2001 2011 2021	2001 - 2021 Dates 2001 2011 2021
Percentage Hindu	2001 - 2021 Dates 2001 2011 2021	2001 - 2021 Dates 2001 2011 2021	2001 - 2021 Dates 2001 2011 2021
Percentage Jewish	2001 - 2021 Dates 2001 2011 2021	2001 - 2021 Dates 2001 2011 2021	2001 - 2021 Dates 2001 2011 2021
Percentage Muslim	2001 - 2021 Dates 2001 2011 2021	2001 - 2021 Dates 2001 2011 2021	2001 - 2021 Dates 2001 2011 2021
Percentage with No Religion	2001 - 2021 Dates 2001 2011 2021	2001 - 2021 Dates 2001 2011 2021	2001 - 2021 Dates 2001 2011 2021

This is one of our more unusual themes, because only two censuses have ever gathered information on religion in England and Wales, and they were 150 years apart!

The 1851 Census of Religion was a separate census carried out at the same time as the main Census of Population. It assumed that everyone was Christian, and tried to find out what kind of Christians were most important in each district. It did this by counting how many people attended each church on the census Sunday. Our information has been considerably simplified from the original returns, which counted 35 different religious groups in England and Wales. One result is a large 'other' category.

In 2001, a question about religion was included among the questions in the main census for the first time ever. Except in Scotland, where there is separate information on the Church of Scotland, Catholics and 'Other Christian', the results lump all Christians together but also gathered information on Buddhists, Hindus, Jews, Muslims and Sikhs. People were allowed to write in other religions not included on the census form, but we have no data on the distribution of 'Jedi'.

These selections from historical census reports are on the theme of Birthplace & Religion.