No religion: highest and lowest councils in North West (2021)

Blackpool had the highest share of residents with no religion of North West’s 35 councils in 2021, at 41.0%.

Blackburn with Darwen had the lowest, at 21.1%. The middle council, West Lancashire, had 31.5%.

No religion for every council in North West, highest first. Councils without a figure are listed last with the reason.
Rank	Council	Value
1	Blackpool	41.0%
2	Rossendale	40.1%
3	Stockport	39.6%
4	Lancaster	38.1%
5	Tameside	38.0%
6	Cheshire West and Chester	37.8%
7	Cheshire East	37.7%
8	Westmorland and Furness Worked out by Open Index by adding up the census output areas in this area, because the census was published on the boundaries before this council changed.	37.4%
9	Wirral	37.3%
10	Salford	35.6%
11	Halton	35.2%
12	Warrington	34.6%
13	Cumberland Worked out by Open Index by adding up the census output areas in this area, because the census was published on the boundaries before this council changed.	34.5%
14	Wyre	33.7%
15	Trafford	33.1%
16	Manchester	32.4%
=17	Burnley	31.5%
=17	West Lancashire	31.5%
=19	Fylde	31.2%
=19	St. Helens	31.2%
21	Chorley	30.9%
22	South Ribble	30.8%
23	Wigan	30.3%
=24	Bury	29.4%
=24	Liverpool	29.4%
26	Rochdale	28.8%
27	Pendle	28.7%
28	Sefton	28.6%
29	Hyndburn	28.4%
30	Knowsley	27.2%
31	Preston	26.3%
32	Ribble Valley	26.2%
33	Bolton	25.8%
34	Oldham	25.0%
35	Blackburn with Darwen	21.1%