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Census 2021 guidance note on use of religion question outputs

Date published: 22 September 2022

Statistics: Census 2021,  Census 2021 results,  Census 2021 reference materials

Download the Census 2021 guidance note on use of religion question outputs.

Census 2021 contained two religion questions, the first on 'current religion' and a follow-up question on 'religion of upbringing'. This guidance note describes the background to the inclusion of religion questions in the census, the processing of census religion data and the subsequent reporting of census religion results.

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  • Guidance note on use of religion question outputs Adobe PDF (345 KB)

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Last updated: 03 March 2025

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