Chells Ward : Religious Faiths

Religious Faiths

Data cube chart.

Major religious faiths in 2001 2001 2011 2021
Christians 4,729 Show data context 3,960 Show data context 3,180 Show data context
Buddhist 9 Show data context 33 Show data context 36 Show data context
Hindu 26 Show data context 32 Show data context 67 Show data context
Jewish 0 Show data context 7 Show data context 9 Show data context
Muslim 63 Show data context 163 Show data context 237 Show data context
Sikh 11 Show data context 15 Show data context 10 Show data context
Other 39 Show data context 28 Show data context 37 Show data context
None 1,450 Show data context 2,449 Show data context 3,370 Show data context
Not stated 580 Show data context 537 Show data context 436 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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This classification is designed to permit data from the 1801 Crop Returns to be included with data from the annual Agricultural Census from 1866 onwards. The 1801 Returns were highly simplified, and varied in what they reported from one parish to another, so in practice we can consistently identify only three individual crops (wheat, rye and potatoes) and two pairings ("Barley and Oats", and "Peas and Beans"). Everything else has to be included in "Other". The 1801 returns also provided limited geographical cov...


erage: a great many parishes were missing from the data, and some additional parish names could not be identified, matched more than one parish within the named county, or lacked information on the county they were in. Nottinghamshire is completely missing. County totals include data for parishes that could not be identified. The national total for England includes parishes with missing county information. The national total for England is also used as the total for England and Wales, to permit the web site to present comparisons with national totals, even though the 1801 returns contain no data on Wales.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Chells Ward through time | Historical Statistics on Birthplace & Religion | Religious Faiths, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/13446696/cube/REL2001

Date accessed: 09th April 2026