The 2021 Census have just released their findings on Faith & Belief across the UK.
The number of Christians in the Bay has fallen significantly since the last Census in 2011 while those of us with ‘No Religion’ has increased.
For the first time in well over a thousand years Christians now make up less than half of the Bay’s population.
Christian
2011 82,924
2021 67,634
No religion
2011 35,535
2021 60,178
Muslim
2011 521
2021 788
Buddhist
2011 389
2021 553
Hindu
2011 128
2021 223
Jewish
2011 109
2021 141
Sikh
2011 41
2021 60
Other religion
2011 1,137
2021 976
Not answered
2011 10,110
2021 8,771
