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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:

Table showing breakdown of religion by population

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%).

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