Religion · ONS · Census 2021 (21 March 2021)

Christian by local authority, ranked

Every area with a published figure, in order of share of usual residents, highest first. Equal figures share a rank and are printed as ties; the order within a tie is alphabetical and means nothing.

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#	Area	share	UK percentile
1	Knowsley E08000011	66.6%	100
2	Ribble Valley E07000124	66.4%	100
3	Sefton E08000014	64.4%	99
4	Wigan E08000010	62.8%	99
5	St. Helens E08000013	62.3%	99
6	South Ribble E07000126	61.8%	98
7	Fylde E07000119	61.6%	98
=8	Chorley E07000118	61.5%	97
=8	West Lancashire E07000127	61.5%	97
=10	Boston E07000136	59.8%	97
=10	Wyre E07000128	59.8%	97
12	Staffordshire Moorlands E07000198	59.3%	97
13	South Staffordshire E07000196	59.2%	96
14	South Holland E07000140	58.9%	96
15	Halton E06000006	58.6%	96
16	Cumberland E06000063	58.5%	95
17	Wychavon E07000238	57.7%	95
18	Liverpool E08000012	57.3%	95
19	Warrington E06000007	56.7%	94
20	Stratford-on-Avon E07000221	56.4%	94
21	Brentwood E07000068	56.0%	94
22	Cotswold E07000079	55.7%	93
23	North Yorkshire E06000065	55.6%	93
=24	Derbyshire Dales E07000035	55.5%	92
=24	Shropshire E06000051	55.5%	92
26	Rutland E06000017	55.4%	92
27	Bassetlaw E07000171	55.3%	92
28	Westmorland and Furness E06000064	55.2%	91
=29	North Warwickshire E07000218	55.0%	91
=29	Wirral E08000015	55.0%	91
31	Herefordshire, County of E06000019	54.9%	91
32	South Kesteven E07000141	54.8%	90
33	West Lindsey E07000142	54.7%	90
34	County Durham E06000047	54.6%	90
35	Cheshire West and Chester E06000050	54.5%	89
=36	Cheshire East E06000049	54.3%	89
=36	Stafford E07000197	54.3%	89
38	Lichfield E07000194	54.2%	88
=39	East Lindsey E07000137	53.9%	88
=39	Malvern Hills E07000235	53.9%	88
41	Melton E07000133	53.7%	87
=42	Bromsgrove E07000234	53.5%	87
=42	North Kesteven E07000139	53.5%	87
=44	East Riding of Yorkshire E06000011	53.3%	86
=44	Wyre Forest E07000239	53.3%	86
=46	Northumberland E06000057	53.2%	85
=46	Sunderland E08000024	53.2%	85
48	Chichester E07000225	53.1%	85
=49	Broxbourne E07000095	53.0%	85
=49	Redcar and Cleveland E06000003	53.0%	85
51	South Tyneside E08000023	52.6%	84
52	Hartlepool E06000001	52.5%	84
=53	Cannock Chase E07000192	52.4%	83
=53	King's Lynn and West Norfolk E07000146	52.4%	83
55	North Norfolk E07000147	52.3%	83
=56	Havering E09000016	52.2%	82
=56	Mole Valley E07000210	52.2%	82
=58	Arun E07000224	52.1%	81
=58	Darlington E06000005	52.1%	81
=58	Fenland E07000010	52.1%	81
=58	North Lincolnshire E06000013	52.1%	81
62	Elmbridge E07000207	52.0%	81
63	Waverley E07000216	51.9%	80
=64	Lancaster E07000121	51.8%	79
=64	Newcastle-under-Lyme E07000195	51.8%	79
=64	Sevenoaks E07000111	51.8%	79
67	Thurrock E06000034	51.7%	79
=68	Dorset E06000059	51.6%	79
=68	New Forest E07000091	51.6%	79
=70	Flintshire W06000005	51.5%	78
=70	Isle of Anglesey W06000001	51.5%	78
=70	West Oxfordshire E07000181	51.5%	78
73	Newark and Sherwood E07000175	51.4%	77
74	Barnsley E08000038	51.3%	77
75	Tandridge E07000215	51.2%	77
=76	East Hampshire E07000085	51.1%	76
=76	Stockton-on-Tees E06000004	51.1%	76
=78	Hyndburn E07000120	51.0%	75
=78	Tewkesbury E07000083	51.0%	75
=80	Doncaster E08000017	50.9%	74
=80	North East Derbyshire E07000038	50.9%	74
=80	Rother E07000064	50.9%	74
=80	Spelthorne E07000213	50.9%	74
=84	Blackpool E06000009	50.8%	73
=84	Conwy W06000003	50.8%	73
=84	Gateshead E08000037	50.8%	73
87	Solihull E08000029	50.7%	73
=88	Forest of Dean E07000080	50.5%	72
=88	Rugby E07000220	50.5%	72
=88	Test Valley E07000093	50.5%	72
=91	East Staffordshire E07000193	50.4%	71
=91	Runnymede E07000212	50.4%	71
=93	Bexley E09000004	50.3%	70
=93	Cherwell E07000177	50.3%	70
=93	West Devon E07000047	50.3%	70
=96	Harborough E07000131	50.2%	69
=96	Somerset E06000066	50.2%	69
=96	Uttlesford E07000077	50.2%	69
=96	Wiltshire E06000054	50.2%	69
100	East Devon E07000040	50.1%	69
=101	Breckland E07000143	50.0%	68
=101	Surrey Heath E07000214	50.0%	68
103	South Oxfordshire E07000179	49.9%	68
=104	Hart E07000089	49.8%	67
=104	Hinckley and Bosworth E07000132	49.8%	67
=104	Windsor and Maidenhead E06000040	49.8%	67
107	Tunbridge Wells E07000116	49.7%	67
=108	Babergh E07000200	49.6%	66
=108	Dover E07000108	49.6%	66
=110	Maldon E07000074	49.5%	65
=110	Wealden E07000065	49.5%	65
=110	West Northamptonshire E06000062	49.5%	65
=110	Wrexham W06000006	49.5%	65
114	Epping Forest E07000072	49.4%	64
=115	Denbighshire W06000004	49.3%	62
=115	Dudley E08000027	49.3%	62
=115	Horsham E07000227	49.3%	62
=115	Maidstone E07000110	49.3%	62
=115	Mid Suffolk E07000203	49.3%	62
=115	Tendring E07000076	49.3%	62
121	Gravesham E07000109	49.2%	62
=122	East Hertfordshire E07000242	49.1%	60
=122	Fareham E07000087	49.1%	60
=122	North West Leicestershire E07000134	49.1%	60
=122	Reigate and Banstead E07000211	49.1%	60
=122	Tamworth E07000199	49.1%	60
=122	West Berkshire E06000037	49.1%	60
=128	Rotherham E08000018	49.0%	60
=128	Wakefield E08000036	49.0%	60
=130	Croydon E09000008	48.9%	58
=130	Powys W06000023	48.9%	58
=130	Redditch E07000236	48.9%	58
=130	Worcester E07000237	48.9%	58
=134	Bury E08000002	48.8%	57
=134	Pembrokeshire W06000009	48.8%	57
=134	Rossendale E07000125	48.8%	57
=137	Monmouthshire W06000021	48.7%	56
=137	Tonbridge and Malling E07000115	48.7%	56
=137	Torridge E07000046	48.7%	56
=140	Castle Point E07000069	48.6%	56
=140	Vale of White Horse E07000180	48.6%	56
=140	Winchester E07000094	48.6%	56
=143	East Cambridgeshire E07000009	48.5%	54
=143	High Peak E07000037	48.5%	54
=143	Nuneaton and Bedworth E07000219	48.5%	54
=143	Torbay E06000027	48.5%	54
=147	Kensington and Chelsea E09000020	48.4%	53
=147	Trafford E08000009	48.4%	53
=147	West Suffolk E07000245	48.4%	53
150	Bromley E09000006	48.3%	53
=151	Bolsover E07000033	48.2%	52
=151	Burnley E07000117	48.2%	52
=151	Guildford E07000209	48.2%	52
=154	Dartford E07000107	48.1%	51
=154	Epsom and Ewell E07000208	48.1%	51
=156	Chelmsford E07000070	48.0%	51
=156	Folkestone and Hythe E07000112	48.0%	51
=158	Central Bedfordshire E06000056	47.9%	50
=158	Mid Sussex E07000228	47.9%	50
=158	North Northamptonshire E06000061	47.9%	50
161	Tameside E08000008	47.8%	50
=162	Broadland E07000144	47.7%	48
=162	Chesterfield E07000034	47.7%	48
=162	Gloucester E07000081	47.7%	48
=162	Isle of Wight E06000046	47.7%	48
=162	Salford E08000006	47.7%	48
=167	Ashford E07000105	47.6%	45
=167	Bedford E06000055	47.6%	45
=167	Carmarthenshire W06000010	47.6%	45
=167	Preston E07000123	47.6%	45
=167	Rochford E07000075	47.6%	45
=167	Telford and Wrekin E06000020	47.6%	45
=167	Three Rivers E07000102	47.6%	45
=167	Woking E07000217	47.6%	45
=175	Bracknell Forest E06000036	47.5%	44
=175	Stockport E08000007	47.5%	44
=175	Stroud E07000082	47.5%	44
=178	South Derbyshire E07000039	47.4%	43
=178	South Hams E07000044	47.4%	43
=178	South Norfolk E07000149	47.4%	43
=178	St Albans E07000240	47.4%	43
=182	Huntingdonshire E07000011	47.3%	43
=182	Mid Devon E07000042	47.3%	43
=184	Buckinghamshire E06000060	47.2%	41
=184	Swale E07000113	47.2%	41
=184	Teignbridge E07000045	47.2%	41
=184	Welwyn Hatfield E07000241	47.2%	41
=188	Braintree E07000067	47.1%	40
=188	East Suffolk E07000244	47.1%	40
=188	Isles of Scilly E06000053	47.1%	40
=188	Merton E09000024	47.1%	40
192	Bolton E08000001	47.0%	40
193	Rochdale E08000005	46.9%	39
194	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole E06000058	46.8%	39
=195	Ceredigion W06000008	46.7%	38
=195	Great Yarmouth E07000145	46.7%	38
=195	North Devon E07000043	46.7%	38
=195	Thanet E07000114	46.7%	38
=199	Canterbury E07000106	46.6%	37
=199	North Somerset E06000024	46.6%	37
=199	North Tyneside E08000022	46.6%	37
=199	Swindon E06000030	46.6%	37
=203	Basildon E07000066	46.5%	36
=203	Mansfield E07000174	46.5%	36
=205	Dacorum E07000096	46.4%	35
=205	Enfield E09000010	46.4%	35
207	Peterborough E06000031	46.3%	35
208	Gwynedd W06000002	46.2%	35
209	Middlesbrough E06000002	46.0%	34
210	Eastbourne E07000061	45.9%	34
=211	Stoke-on-Trent E06000021	45.8%	33
=211	Sutton E09000029	45.8%	33
=213	Eastleigh E07000086	45.7%	33
=213	Hammersmith and Fulham E09000013	45.7%	33
215	Cheltenham E07000078	45.5%	32
=216	Amber Valley E07000032	45.4%	31
=216	Barking and Dagenham E09000002	45.4%	31
=216	Basingstoke and Deane E07000084	45.4%	31
=216	Cornwall E06000052	45.4%	31
=220	Havant E07000090	45.3%	30
=220	North East Lincolnshire E06000012	45.3%	30
=220	Richmond upon Thames E09000027	45.3%	30
=220	South Cambridgeshire E07000012	45.3%	30
224	Medway E06000035	45.1%	30
225	Oldham E08000004	44.9%	29
=226	Greenwich E09000011	44.7%	28
=226	Harlow E07000073	44.7%	28
=226	Walsall E08000030	44.7%	28
=226	Wokingham E06000041	44.7%	28
=230	Gosport E07000088	44.6%	27
=230	Warwick E07000222	44.6%	27
=232	Colchester E07000071	44.4%	27
=232	Watford E07000103	44.4%	27
=234	Rushcliffe E07000176	44.1%	26
=234	South Gloucestershire E06000025	44.1%	26
=234	Vale of Glamorgan W06000014	44.1%	26
=237	Coventry E08000026	43.9%	25
=237	Worthing E07000229	43.9%	25
=237	York E06000014	43.9%	25
=240	Lewisham E09000023	43.8%	24
=240	North Hertfordshire E07000099	43.8%	24
=240	Wolverhampton E08000031	43.8%	24
243	Lambeth E09000022	43.7%	24
244	Blaby E07000129	43.4%	23
=245	Southwark E09000028	43.3%	23
=245	Stevenage E07000243	43.3%	23
247	Adur E07000223	43.1%	22
=248	Milton Keynes E06000042	42.8%	22
=248	Newport W06000022	42.8%	22
250	Lewes E07000063	42.7%	21
=251	Crawley E07000226	42.6%	20
=251	Erewash E07000036	42.6%	20
=251	Kingston upon Thames E09000021	42.6%	20
=251	Southend-on-Sea E06000033	42.6%	20
=251	Wandsworth E09000032	42.6%	20
256	Plymouth E06000026	42.5%	20
257	Gedling E07000173	42.4%	19
=258	Leeds E08000035	42.3%	18
=258	Lincoln E07000138	42.3%	18
=258	Rushmoor E07000092	42.3%	18
=261	Bath and North East Somerset E06000022	42.2%	18
=261	Ipswich E07000202	42.2%	18
263	Neath Port Talbot W06000012	42.1%	17
=264	Ashfield E07000170	42.0%	17
=264	Broxtowe E07000172	42.0%	17
266	Hertsmere E07000098	41.8%	16
=267	Calderdale E08000033	41.5%	15
=267	Charnwood E07000130	41.5%	15
=267	Torfaen W06000020	41.5%	15
=270	Newcastle upon Tyne E08000021	41.3%	15
=270	Swansea W06000011	41.3%	15
272	Bridgend W06000013	40.4%	15
273	Derby E06000015	40.2%	14
=274	Merthyr Tydfil W06000024	40.1%	14
=274	Southampton E06000045	40.1%	14
276	Exeter E07000041	40.0%	13
=277	Kingston upon Hull, City of E06000010	39.9%	13
=277	Sandwell E08000028	39.9%	13
279	Reading E06000038	39.6%	12
=280	Kirklees E08000034	39.4%	12
=280	Portsmouth E06000044	39.4%	12
282	Haringey E09000014	39.3%	11
283	Pendle E07000122	39.2%	11
=284	Hillingdon E09000017	39.0%	10
=284	Waltham Forest E09000031	39.0%	10
286	Brent E09000005	38.8%	10
287	Sheffield E08000039	38.5%	10
=288	Cardiff W06000015	38.3%	9
=288	Hounslow E09000018	38.3%	9
290	Oxford E07000178	38.1%	9
291	Blackburn with Darwen E06000008	38.0%	9
292	Luton E06000032	37.9%	8
=293	Ealing E09000009	37.8%	8
=293	Hastings E07000062	37.8%	8
295	Westminster E09000033	37.3%	7
296	Barnet E09000003	36.6%	7
297	Blaenau Gwent W06000019	36.5%	7
=298	Caerphilly W06000018	36.4%	6
=298	Rhondda Cynon Taf W06000016	36.4%	6
300	Manchester E08000003	36.2%	6
301	Newham E09000025	35.3%	5
302	Cambridge E07000008	35.2%	5
=303	City of London E09000001	34.7%	4
=303	Islington E09000019	34.7%	4
=303	Nottingham E06000018	34.7%	4
306	Oadby and Wigston E07000135	34.6%	4
307	Birmingham E08000025	34.0%	3
308	Harrow E09000015	33.9%	3
309	Norwich E07000148	33.6%	3
310	Bradford E08000032	33.4%	3
311	Bristol, City of E06000023	32.2%	2
312	Slough E06000039	32.0%	2
313	Camden E09000007	31.4%	2
314	Brighton and Hove E06000043	30.9%	1
315	Hackney E09000012	30.7%	1
316	Redbridge E09000026	30.4%	1
317	Leicester E06000016	24.7%	0
318	Tower Hamlets E09000030	22.3%	0

How this ranking is made

Share of usual residents: people in the category ÷ all usual residents × 100.. 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.

Source: ONS: ons_census · Census 2021. Boundaries: 2025-05 BGC v2 LAD_MAY_2025_UK_BGC_V2. Percentiles are calculated across the whole UK, so they do not change when the table is filtered to one nation. A ranking compares areas of very different sizes and populations; the figure is the publisher’s own, and its rank is Civometry’s ordering of those published figures.

Knowsley has the highest share of usual residents of 318 UK local authorities with a published figure, at 66.6% (Census 2021 (21 March 2021)). Source: ONS: ons_census.

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