Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole Unitary Authority (UA) : Religious Faiths

Religious Faiths

Data cube chart.

Major religious faiths in 2001 2001 2011 2021
Christians 254,163 Show data context 226,128 Show data context 187,446 Show data context
Buddhist 873 Show data context 1,910 Show data context 2,018 Show data context
Hindu 535 Show data context 1,854 Show data context 2,843 Show data context
Jewish 2,226 Show data context 1,843 Show data context 1,600 Show data context
Muslim 2,245 Show data context 4,445 Show data context 6,647 Show data context
Sikh 133 Show data context 240 Show data context 270 Show data context
Other 1,449 Show data context 2,197 Show data context 2,972 Show data context
None 57,681 Show data context 111,124 Show data context 168,830 Show data context
Not stated 27,292 Show data context 29,147 Show data context 27,687 Show data context
Date Source
2001 Office for National Statistics, NOMIS - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics (Religion (Table UV015), using 9 way)
2011 Office for National Statistics, NOMIS - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics (All usual residents: Table KS209EW - Religion.)
2021 Office for National Statistics, ONS "Create a Custom Dataset" (All usual residents: Religion (10 way))

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The election result data we hold includes over three hundred party labels, so we have simplified them to these seven simple categories. Of course, most candidates in most elections, and almost every candidate who won, was standing for one of the main parties, but an enormous range of labels have been used by one or two candidates. These groupings have been defined based almost entirely on the party labels, rather than detailed research into party policies, but including words like 'Labour' or 'Conservative' in ...


your party label says a lot about where you stand, and even more about the people voting for you. 'Left' means broadly speaking candidates to the left of the Liberal or Labour parties, 'Right' candidates to the right of the Conservatives. 'Nationalist' means any kind of nationalist, even including Isle of Wight nationalists.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole Unitary Authority (UA) through time | Historical Statistics on Birthplace & Religion | Religious Faiths, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 09th April 2026