No religion: highest and lowest councils in South East (2021)

Brighton and Hove had the highest share of residents with no religion of South East’s 64 councils in 2021, at 55.2%.

Slough had the lowest, at 13.1%. The middle council, New Forest, had 40.7%.

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No religion for every council in South East, highest first. Councils without a figure are listed last with the reason.
Rank	Council	Value
1	Brighton and Hove	55.2%
2	Hastings	51.4%
3	Gosport	48.4%
4	Lewes	48.2%
5	Adur	47.9%
6	Havant	47.4%
7	Portsmouth	47.1%
8	Worthing	45.7%
9	Swale	45.3%
10	Eastleigh	45.0%
11	Thanet	44.1%
12	Isle of Wight	43.9%
13	Fareham	43.7%
=14	Basingstoke and Deane	43.4%
=14	Southampton	43.4%
16	Eastbourne	43.2%
17	Medway	43.0%
18	Tonbridge and Malling	42.8%
19	Dover	42.4%
20	Winchester	42.2%
=21	Horsham	42.1%
=21	Mid Sussex	42.1%
=21	Wealden	42.1%
24	Canterbury	42.0%
25	Folkestone and Hythe	41.8%
26	Vale of White Horse	41.7%
=27	Hart	41.1%
=27	South Oxfordshire	41.1%
=27	West Berkshire	41.1%
30	East Hampshire	40.9%
=31	Ashford	40.7%
=31	New Forest	40.7%
=31	Rother	40.7%
=34	Test Valley	40.6%
=34	West Oxfordshire	40.6%
36	Bracknell Forest	40.4%
37	Tunbridge Wells	40.3%
38	Maidstone	40.1%
39	Arun	39.9%
40	Guildford	39.7%
41	Sevenoaks	39.5%
=42	Oxford	39.0%
=42	Waverley	39.0%
44	Tandridge	38.9%
45	Chichester	38.7%
46	Mole Valley	38.4%
=47	Cherwell	38.1%
=47	Reigate and Banstead	38.1%
49	Milton Keynes	38.0%
50	Rushmoor	37.9%
51	Wokingham	36.9%
52	Dartford	36.5%
53	Reading	36.3%
54	Surrey Heath	36.0%
55	Epsom and Ewell	35.7%
56	Elmbridge	35.4%
57	Crawley	35.1%
58	Runnymede	34.8%
59	Buckinghamshire	34.2%
60	Woking	33.3%
61	Gravesham	32.1%
62	Spelthorne	31.2%
63	Windsor and Maidenhead	31.0%
64	Slough	13.1%

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