ONS · Census 2021 (21 March 2021) · Local authority
Muslim by local authority
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.
Newham
34.8%Share of usual residents
Share of usual residents in Newham is 34.8% (Census 2021 (21 March 2021)) — the 3rd highest of 318 areas with a published figure.
- Area
- Newham (E09000025)
- Share of usual residents
- 34.8%
- Rank
- the 3rd highest of 318 areas with a published figure
- Percentile
- 99% of areas with a figure are below it
- Period
- Census 2021 (21 March 2021)
- Release
- Census 2021
- Published by
- ONS
- Status
- Civometry calculation on published figures
Share of usual residents in Newham is 34.8% (Census 2021 (21 March 2021)) — the 3rd highest of 318 areas with a published figure. Civometry calculation using ONS figures.
Highest areas
| # | Area | share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tower Hamlets · profile | 39.9% |
| 2 | Blackburn with Darwen · profile | 35.0% |
| 3 | Newham · profile | 34.8% |
| 4 | Luton · profile | 32.9% |
| 5 | Redbridge · profile | 31.3% |
| 6 | Bradford · profile | 30.5% |
| 7 | Birmingham · profile | 29.9% |
| 8 | Slough · profile | 29.4% |
| 9 | Pendle · profile | 26.0% |
| 10 | Barking and Dagenham · profile | 24.4% |
Lowest areas
| # | Area | share |
|---|---|---|
| 318 | Isles of Scilly · profile | 0.0% |
| 317 | West Devon · profile | 0.2% |
| 316 | Torridge · profile | 0.2% |
| 315 | North Norfolk · profile | 0.2% |
| 314 | Mid Suffolk · profile | 0.2% |
| 313 | Mid Devon · profile | 0.2% |
| 312 | Cornwall · profile | 0.2% |
| 311 | Teignbridge · profile | 0.3% |
| 310 | Stroud · profile | 0.3% |
| 309 | Staffordshire Moorlands · profile | 0.3% |
All 318 areas, ranked
Ranked by share of usual residents, highest first; ties in alphabetical order. Areas without a value are not ranked.
What this map shows
318 of 318 local authority areas have a current value for muslim (share of usual residents), Census 2021 (21 March 2021). Classes are quantiles of the areas with data, computed on the server, so the same link always gives the same legend.
Take the data
Embed (static map with title, period, official source and a link back):
<iframe src="https://civometry.com/embed/maps/religion/muslim/2021?level=lad&measure=share" width="720" height="700" style="border:0;max-width:100%" title="Muslim, share of usual residents, by local authority: Census 2021 (21 March 2021) | Civometry" loading="lazy"></iframe>Source and method
- Data
- ons_census (ONS).
- Denominator
- All usual residents in the area at the same census (the published total row).
- Boundaries
- ONS Open Geography Portal generalised boundaries, Open Government Licence v3.0 (2025-05 BGC v2 LAD_MAY_2025_UK_BGC_V2).
- Basemap
- Ordnance Survey Maps API (Light), used under the OS Data Hub terms.
- Formula
- people in the category ÷ all usual residents × 100
- Stale areas
- Areas without a current value are shown as no data, never as a value.
- Method
- Methodology
What this does not measure
2011 areas are stored on 2011 codes; change periods need the geography stream's 2011→2021 lookup and the census stream's category mapping (source_value_2011). Until both land the change period returns no data rather than an interpolated figure (§20).
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