Population overview
The majority of information about people’s faith comes from the Census. The most recent Census data is from 2011 and this reported that:
|
Religion |
% of population in England |
% of population in Birmingham |
|---|---|---|
|
No religion |
24.7% |
19.3% |
|
Christian |
59.4% |
46.1% |
|
Buddhist |
0.5% |
0.4% |
|
Hindu |
1.5% |
2.1% |
|
Jewish |
0.5% |
0.2% |
|
Muslim |
5.0% |
21.8% |
|
Sikh |
0.8% |
3.0% |
|
Any other religion |
0.4% |
0.5% |
The largest religion in the ‘other religion’ category in Birmingham was the Ravidassia community (0.2%).
