United Kingdom Census 2001

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The 2001 United Kingdom Census was the 20th census in the United Kingdom . It was conducted on Sunday, April 29, 2001 and resulted in a population of 58,789,194.

Results

Religions

The Census Act of 2000 first allowed questions about the beliefs of participants. Accordingly, they professed the following religions:

• Christianity : 72.0%
• Islam : 3%
• Hinduism : 1%
• Sikhism : 0.6%
• Judaism : 0.5%
• Buddhism : 0.3%
• Other: 0.3%

In addition, 15% said they did not belong to any religion ( including Jediism ); 8% did not answer this question.

See also

Jedi census phenomenon

Individual evidence

1. ↑ National Statistics on Religious Affiliation ( Memento of the original dated August 24, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

Web links

• Overview of the census on the Office for National Statistics website