No religion: every council in England

Brighton and Hove had the highest no religion of England’s 296 councils in 2021, at 55.2%.

Harrow had the lowest, at 10.6%. The middle council, North Kesteven, had 39.5%.

No religion for every council in England, highest first. Councils without a figure are listed last with the reason.
RankCouncilRegionValue
1Brighton and HoveSouth EastSouth East55.2%
2NorwichEast of EnglandEast of England53.5%
=3BristolSouth WestSouth West51.4%
=3HastingsSouth EastSouth East51.4%
5AshfieldEast MidlandsEast Midlands50.3%
6ErewashEast MidlandsEast Midlands49.9%
7Kingston upon HullYorkshire and The HumberYorkshire and The Humber49.2%
8PlymouthSouth WestSouth West48.9%
9ExeterSouth WestSouth West48.5%
10GosportSouth EastSouth East48.4%
11LewesSouth EastSouth East48.2%
=12AdurSouth EastSouth East47.9%
=12Bath and North East SomersetSouth WestSouth West47.9%
14GedlingEast MidlandsEast Midlands47.7%
15HavantSouth EastSouth East47.4%
16Amber ValleyEast MidlandsEast Midlands47.3%
=17LincolnEast MidlandsEast Midlands47.1%
=17PortsmouthSouth EastSouth East47.1%
19BroxtoweEast MidlandsEast Midlands46.8%
20North East LincolnshireYorkshire and The HumberYorkshire and The Humber46.5%
=21CornwallSouth WestSouth West46.3%
=21Isles of ScillySouth WestSouth West46.3%
=23North TynesideNorth EastNorth East46.1%
=23South GloucestershireSouth WestSouth West46.1%
=23YorkYorkshire and The HumberYorkshire and The Humber46.1%
26WorthingSouth EastSouth East45.7%
27MansfieldEast MidlandsEast Midlands45.6%
=28IpswichEast of EnglandEast of England45.3%
=28North SomersetSouth WestSouth West45.3%
=28SwaleSouth EastSouth East45.3%
31Great YarmouthEast of EnglandEast of England45.2%
32North DevonSouth WestSouth West45.1%
=33BraintreeEast of EnglandEast of England45.0%
=33EastleighSouth EastSouth East45.0%
=33Mid DevonSouth WestSouth West45.0%
=36BolsoverEast MidlandsEast Midlands44.9%
=36East SuffolkEast of EnglandEast of England44.9%
=36RochfordEast of EnglandEast of England44.9%
=36Southend-on-SeaEast of EnglandEast of England44.9%
=36StevenageEast of EnglandEast of England44.9%
41TeignbridgeSouth WestSouth West44.8%
42CambridgeEast of EnglandEast of England44.7%
=43BroadlandEast of EnglandEast of England44.5%
=43ChesterfieldEast MidlandsEast Midlands44.5%
=43North HertfordshireEast of EnglandEast of England44.5%
=46CheltenhamSouth WestSouth West44.4%
=46ColchesterEast of EnglandEast of England44.4%
=46High PeakEast MidlandsEast Midlands44.4%
=46RushcliffeEast MidlandsEast Midlands44.4%
=46South NorfolkEast of EnglandEast of England44.4%
51TamworthWest MidlandsWest Midlands44.3%
=52BasildonEast of EnglandEast of England44.1%
=52StroudSouth WestSouth West44.1%
=52ThanetSouth EastSouth East44.1%
55South HamsSouth WestSouth West44.0%
=56Isle of WightSouth EastSouth East43.9%
=56North West LeicestershireEast MidlandsEast Midlands43.9%
=58City of LondonLondonLondon43.8%
=58HuntingdonshireEast of EnglandEast of England43.8%
60FarehamSouth EastSouth East43.7%
=61Castle PointEast of EnglandEast of England43.5%
=61Mid SuffolkEast of EnglandEast of England43.5%
=63Basingstoke and DeaneSouth EastSouth East43.4%
=63HarlowEast of EnglandEast of England43.4%
=63MaldonEast of EnglandEast of England43.4%
=63SheffieldYorkshire and The Humber

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Yorkshire and The Humber43.4%
=63SouthamptonSouth EastSouth East43.4%
=63TorridgeSouth WestSouth West43.4%
69South CambridgeshireEast of EnglandEast of England43.3%
=70EastbourneSouth EastSouth East43.2%
=70TendringEast of EnglandEast of England43.2%
=70TorbaySouth WestSouth West43.2%
=73MedwaySouth EastSouth East43.0%
=73South DerbyshireEast MidlandsEast Midlands43.0%
=75BaberghEast of EnglandEast of England42.9%
=75East CambridgeshireEast of EnglandEast of England42.9%
=77Central BedfordshireEast of EnglandEast of England42.8%
=77Tonbridge and MallingSouth EastSouth East42.8%
=79BlabyEast MidlandsEast Midlands42.6%
=79North NorthamptonshireEast MidlandsEast Midlands42.6%
=79West SuffolkEast of EnglandEast of England42.6%
82DoverSouth EastSouth East42.4%
83North East DerbyshireEast MidlandsEast Midlands42.3%
=84Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleSouth WestSouth West42.2%
=84WinchesterSouth EastSouth East42.2%
=86BarnsleyYorkshire and The Humber

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Yorkshire and The Humber42.1%
=86BrecklandEast of EnglandEast of England42.1%
=86HorshamSouth EastSouth East42.1%
=86Mid SussexSouth EastSouth East42.1%
=86WealdenSouth EastSouth East42.1%
=91CalderdaleYorkshire and The HumberYorkshire and The Humber42.0%
=91CanterburySouth EastSouth East42.0%
93East DevonSouth WestSouth West41.9%
=94East HertfordshireEast of EnglandEast of England41.8%
=94Folkestone and HytheSouth EastSouth East41.8%
=96Hinckley and BosworthEast MidlandsEast Midlands41.7%
=96Vale of White HorseSouth EastSouth East41.7%
=98Forest of DeanSouth WestSouth West41.6%
=98West DevonSouth WestSouth West41.6%
=100SomersetSouth West

summed-from-output-areas

South West41.5%
=100UttlesfordEast of EnglandEast of England41.5%
=102WakefieldYorkshire and The HumberYorkshire and The Humber41.3%
=102WiltshireSouth WestSouth West41.3%
=104ChelmsfordEast of EnglandEast of England41.2%
=104Newark and SherwoodEast MidlandsEast Midlands41.2%
=104NottinghamEast MidlandsEast Midlands41.2%
=107Cannock ChaseWest MidlandsWest Midlands41.1%
=107DacorumEast of EnglandEast of England41.1%
=107HartSouth EastSouth East41.1%
=107South OxfordshireSouth EastSouth East41.1%
=107West BerkshireSouth EastSouth East41.1%
112BlackpoolNorth WestNorth West41.0%
=113East HampshireSouth EastSouth East40.9%
=113Telford and WrekinWest MidlandsWest Midlands40.9%
=115IslingtonLondonLondon40.8%
=115Newcastle upon TyneNorth EastNorth East40.8%
=115TewkesburySouth WestSouth West40.8%
=118AshfordSouth EastSouth East40.7%
=118CharnwoodEast MidlandsEast Midlands40.7%
=118New ForestSouth EastSouth East40.7%
=118RotherSouth EastSouth East40.7%
=122Test ValleySouth EastSouth East40.6%
=122West OxfordshireSouth EastSouth East40.6%
124SwindonSouth WestSouth West40.5%
125Bracknell ForestSouth EastSouth East40.4%
126Tunbridge WellsSouth EastSouth East40.3%
=127LeedsYorkshire and The HumberYorkshire and The Humber40.2%
=127Redcar and ClevelandNorth EastNorth East40.2%
=129DorsetSouth WestSouth West40.1%
=129GatesheadNorth EastNorth East40.1%
=129HartlepoolNorth EastNorth East40.1%
=129MaidstoneSouth EastSouth East40.1%
=129NorthumberlandNorth EastNorth East40.1%
=129RossendaleNorth WestNorth West40.1%
=135RedditchWest MidlandsWest Midlands40.0%
=135WarwickWest MidlandsWest Midlands40.0%
=137ArunSouth EastSouth East39.9%
=137FenlandEast of EnglandEast of England39.9%
=139DoncasterYorkshire and The HumberYorkshire and The Humber39.8%
=139RotherhamYorkshire and The HumberYorkshire and The Humber39.8%
=141DarlingtonNorth EastNorth East39.7%
=141GloucesterSouth WestSouth West39.7%
=141GuildfordSouth EastSouth East39.7%
=144North NorfolkEast of EnglandEast of England39.6%
=144StockportNorth WestNorth West39.6%
=144WorcesterWest MidlandsWest Midlands39.6%
=147King's Lynn and West NorfolkEast of EnglandEast of England39.5%
=147North KestevenEast MidlandsEast Midlands39.5%
=147SevenoaksSouth EastSouth East39.5%
=147SunderlandNorth EastNorth East39.5%
=151MeltonEast MidlandsEast Midlands39.3%
=151South TynesideNorth EastNorth East39.3%
=153East Riding of YorkshireYorkshire and The HumberYorkshire and The Humber39.1%
=153Stockton-on-TeesNorth EastNorth East39.1%
=155OxfordSouth EastSouth East39.0%
=155WaverleySouth EastSouth East39.0%
=157Newcastle-under-LymeWest MidlandsWest Midlands38.9%
=157TandridgeSouth EastSouth East38.9%
159East LindseyEast MidlandsEast Midlands38.8%
160ChichesterSouth EastSouth East38.7%
=161County DurhamNorth EastNorth East38.6%
=161North LincolnshireYorkshire and The HumberYorkshire and The Humber38.6%
=161Wyre ForestWest MidlandsWest Midlands38.6%
=164HarboroughEast MidlandsEast Midlands38.4%
=164Mole ValleySouth EastSouth East38.4%
166West NorthamptonshireEast MidlandsEast Midlands38.2%
=167CherwellSouth EastSouth East38.1%
=167LancasterNorth WestNorth West38.1%
=167LichfieldWest MidlandsWest Midlands38.1%
=167Malvern HillsWest MidlandsWest Midlands38.1%
=167North WarwickshireWest MidlandsWest Midlands38.1%
=167Reigate and BansteadSouth EastSouth East38.1%
=173Milton KeynesSouth EastSouth East38.0%
=173TamesideNorth WestNorth West38.0%
=173West LindseyEast MidlandsEast Midlands38.0%
=176Richmond upon ThamesLondonLondon37.9%
=176RushmoorSouth EastSouth East37.9%
=178Cheshire West and ChesterNorth WestNorth West37.8%
=178Nuneaton and BedworthWest MidlandsWest Midlands37.8%
=180Cheshire EastNorth WestNorth West37.7%
=180Stoke-on-TrentWest MidlandsWest Midlands37.7%
=182BassetlawEast MidlandsEast Midlands37.5%
=182LambethLondonLondon37.5%
=182South KestevenEast MidlandsEast Midlands37.5%
=185BromsgroveWest MidlandsWest Midlands37.4%
=185Westmorland and FurnessNorth West

summed-from-output-areas

North West37.4%
=187BromleyLondonLondon37.3%
=187Derbyshire DalesEast MidlandsEast Midlands37.3%
=187WirralNorth WestNorth West37.3%
=190RutlandEast MidlandsEast Midlands37.1%
=190St AlbansEast of EnglandEast of England37.1%
=192ShropshireWest MidlandsWest Midlands37.0%
=192Welwyn HatfieldEast of EnglandEast of England37.0%
=194North YorkshireYorkshire and The Humber

summed-from-output-areas

Yorkshire and The Humber36.9%
=194StaffordWest MidlandsWest Midlands36.9%
=194WokinghamSouth EastSouth East36.9%
=197CotswoldSouth WestSouth West36.7%
=197LewishamLondonLondon36.7%
=199DerbyEast MidlandsEast Midlands36.6%
=199HerefordshireWest MidlandsWest Midlands36.6%
201DartfordSouth EastSouth East36.5%
=202MiddlesbroughNorth EastNorth East36.4%
=202SouthwarkLondonLondon36.4%
=204HackneyLondonLondon36.3%
=204ReadingSouth EastSouth East36.3%
206WandsworthLondonLondon36.2%
207RugbyWest MidlandsWest Midlands36.1%
=208DudleyWest MidlandsWest Midlands36.0%
=208Surrey HeathSouth EastSouth East36.0%
210Stratford-on-AvonWest MidlandsWest Midlands35.9%
211Epsom and EwellSouth EastSouth East35.7%
212SalfordNorth WestNorth West35.6%
213ElmbridgeSouth EastSouth East35.4%
214HaltonNorth WestNorth West35.2%
215CrawleySouth EastSouth East35.1%
216WychavonWest MidlandsWest Midlands35.0%
=217KirkleesYorkshire and The HumberYorkshire and The Humber34.8%
=217RunnymedeSouth EastSouth East34.8%
219ThurrockEast of EnglandEast of England34.7%
=220CamdenLondonLondon34.6%
=220WarringtonNorth WestNorth West34.6%
222CumberlandNorth West

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North West34.5%
223Kingston upon ThamesLondonLondon34.3%
224BuckinghamshireSouth EastSouth East34.2%
225BedfordEast of EnglandEast of England34.1%
=226East StaffordshireWest MidlandsWest Midlands33.9%
=226Staffordshire MoorlandsWest MidlandsWest Midlands33.9%
228WyreNorth WestNorth West33.7%
229BexleyLondonLondon33.6%
=230BrentwoodEast of EnglandEast of England33.3%
=230Epping ForestEast of EnglandEast of England33.3%
=230WokingSouth EastSouth East33.3%
233TraffordNorth WestNorth West33.1%
=234BroxbourneEast of EnglandEast of England33.0%
=234South HollandEast MidlandsEast Midlands33.0%
236SolihullWest MidlandsWest Midlands32.9%
237GreenwichLondonLondon32.6%
=238PeterboroughEast of EnglandEast of England32.5%
=238South StaffordshireWest MidlandsWest Midlands32.5%
240ManchesterNorth WestNorth West32.4%
241SuttonLondonLondon32.3%
242GraveshamSouth EastSouth East32.1%
243HaringeyLondonLondon31.6%
=244BurnleyNorth WestNorth West31.5%
=244West LancashireNorth WestNorth West31.5%
246BostonEast MidlandsEast Midlands31.3%
=247FyldeNorth WestNorth West31.2%
=247SpelthorneSouth EastSouth East31.2%
=247St. HelensNorth WestNorth West31.2%
250Windsor and MaidenheadSouth EastSouth East31.0%
251ChorleyNorth WestNorth West30.9%
=252South RibbleNorth WestNorth West30.8%
=252Three RiversEast of EnglandEast of England30.8%
=254Hammersmith and FulhamLondonLondon30.6%
=254HaveringLondonLondon30.6%
256WiganNorth WestNorth West30.3%
=257Oadby and WigstonEast MidlandsEast Midlands30.2%
=257WalsallWest MidlandsWest Midlands30.2%
259CoventryWest MidlandsWest Midlands29.6%
=260BuryNorth WestNorth West29.4%
=260LiverpoolNorth WestNorth West29.4%
262RochdaleNorth WestNorth West28.8%
263PendleNorth WestNorth West28.7%
264SeftonNorth WestNorth West28.6%
265HyndburnNorth WestNorth West28.4%
266BradfordYorkshire and The HumberYorkshire and The Humber28.2%
267MertonLondonLondon28.0%
268Waltham ForestLondonLondon27.9%
269WolverhamptonWest MidlandsWest Midlands27.8%
270KnowsleyNorth WestNorth West27.2%
271Tower HamletsLondonLondon26.6%
272PrestonNorth WestNorth West26.3%
273Ribble ValleyNorth WestNorth West26.2%
274SandwellWest MidlandsWest Midlands26.1%
=275CroydonLondonLondon25.9%
=275WestminsterLondonLondon25.9%
277BoltonNorth WestNorth West25.8%
278OldhamNorth WestNorth West25.0%
=279Kensington and ChelseaLondonLondon24.8%
=279WatfordEast of EnglandEast of England24.8%
281HertsmereEast of EnglandEast of England24.2%
282BirminghamWest MidlandsWest Midlands24.1%
283LeicesterEast MidlandsEast Midlands23.0%
284Blackburn with DarwenNorth WestNorth West21.1%
285BarnetLondonLondon20.2%
286EnfieldLondonLondon19.8%
287HillingdonLondonLondon19.4%
288EalingLondonLondon19.1%
289Barking and DagenhamLondonLondon18.8%
290HounslowLondonLondon18.6%
291LutonEast of EnglandEast of England17.6%
292NewhamLondonLondon14.5%
293BrentLondonLondon13.6%
294SloughSouth EastSouth East13.1%
295RedbridgeLondonLondon12.6%
296HarrowLondonLondon10.6%

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