How religious are the people in YOUR UK area? trends now
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Millions of English and Welsh Christians deserted faith in religion entirely in the decade between the 2011 and 2021 censuses.
And an interactive map has revealed the number of Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Jews, Sikhs, Buddhists and people with no religion in your area following last year's survey.
There were more than 5.72million fewer Christians (17% fall) in England and Wales in 2021 compared to a decade earlier and over eight million (57% rise) more people not following any religion.
The number of Christians fell in every region fell from a total of nearly 33.25million in 2011 to about 27.5million in 2021, the census revealed, as smaller religions such as Satanism also increased in popularity.
Graph showing the number of people in English and Welsh regions giving up Christianity from 2011 to 2021 rise in people following no religion
Analysis of census data by MailOnline has also shown that, as a percentage, the North East has seen the biggest decline in Christians and the biggest rise in those not following a religion out of all regions in England and Wales.
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