The Office for National Statistics' bulletin presenting religion results from the 2021 Census of England and Wales, reporting 46.2 percent (27.5 million people) self-identifying as Christian, down from 59.3 percent (33.3 million) in 2011; write-in responses naming a specific denomination, including Anglican, are folded into the single Christian category rather than published separately.
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Citation
PublisherOffice for National Statistics
Publication Year2022
URLhttps://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/culturalidentity/religion/bulletins/religionenglandandwales/census2021
Source TypeReport
Assessment
Reliability Tier1
The national statistics office's own official census release, the primary record of England and Wales census religion results. Sources
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- Denominations, 3 claims: 3 well-attested.
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