England and Wales are no longer majority Christian, census data show
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England and Wales are no longer majority Christian, and are slightly less White than a decade ago, newly released 2021 census data show.
The two British nations have fallen from 59% self-described Christian in 2011 to 46% in 2021, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) announced Tuesday.
The number of respondents saying they had no religion was the biggest gainer, rising from 25% a decade ago to 37% now.
There was also a rise in the number of Muslims, from 5% in 2011 to 6.5% in 2021.
The percentage of respondents saying they were Buddhist, Hindu, Jewish, Sikh, or other stayed roughly stable over the decade, ONS data show.
England is legally a Christian country with an established church, the Church of England, with the monarch as its titular head.
The religion question on the 2021 census was voluntary. ONS said 94% of respondents answered it, up a fraction from 93% a decade ago.
The percentage of people identifying as White fell slightly, from 86% in 2011 to 82% in 2021.
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