# 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%.

| Rank | Area | No religion |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Brighton and Hove](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove) | 55.2% |
| 2 | [Hastings](https://openindex.co.uk/hastings) | 51.4% |
| 3 | [Gosport](https://openindex.co.uk/gosport) | 48.4% |
| 4 | [Lewes](https://openindex.co.uk/lewes) | 48.2% |
| 5 | [Adur](https://openindex.co.uk/adur) | 47.9% |
| 6 | [Havant](https://openindex.co.uk/havant) | 47.4% |
| 7 | [Portsmouth](https://openindex.co.uk/portsmouth) | 47.1% |
| 8 | [Worthing](https://openindex.co.uk/worthing) | 45.7% |
| 9 | [Swale](https://openindex.co.uk/swale) | 45.3% |
| 10 | [Eastleigh](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh) | 45.0% |
| 11 | [Thanet](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet) | 44.1% |
| 12 | [Isle of Wight](https://openindex.co.uk/isle-of-wight) | 43.9% |
| 13 | [Fareham](https://openindex.co.uk/fareham) | 43.7% |
| =14 | [Basingstoke and Deane](https://openindex.co.uk/basingstoke-and-deane) | 43.4% |
| =14 | [Southampton](https://openindex.co.uk/southampton) | 43.4% |
| 16 | [Eastbourne](https://openindex.co.uk/eastbourne) | 43.2% |
| 17 | [Medway](https://openindex.co.uk/medway) | 43.0% |
| 18 | [Tonbridge and Malling](https://openindex.co.uk/tonbridge-and-malling) | 42.8% |
| 19 | [Dover](https://openindex.co.uk/dover) | 42.4% |
| 20 | [Winchester](https://openindex.co.uk/winchester) | 42.2% |
| =21 | [Horsham](https://openindex.co.uk/horsham) | 42.1% |
| =21 | [Mid Sussex](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-sussex) | 42.1% |
| =21 | [Wealden](https://openindex.co.uk/wealden) | 42.1% |
| 24 | [Canterbury](https://openindex.co.uk/canterbury) | 42.0% |
| 25 | [Folkestone and Hythe](https://openindex.co.uk/folkestone-and-hythe) | 41.8% |
| 26 | [Vale of White Horse](https://openindex.co.uk/vale-of-white-horse) | 41.7% |
| =27 | [Hart](https://openindex.co.uk/hart) | 41.1% |
| =27 | [South Oxfordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/south-oxfordshire) | 41.1% |
| =27 | [West Berkshire](https://openindex.co.uk/west-berkshire) | 41.1% |
| 30 | [East Hampshire](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hampshire) | 40.9% |
| =31 | [Ashford](https://openindex.co.uk/ashford) | 40.7% |
| =31 | [New Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest) | 40.7% |
| =31 | [Rother](https://openindex.co.uk/rother) | 40.7% |
| =34 | [Test Valley](https://openindex.co.uk/test-valley) | 40.6% |
| =34 | [West Oxfordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/west-oxfordshire) | 40.6% |
| 36 | [Bracknell Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/bracknell-forest) | 40.4% |
| 37 | [Tunbridge Wells](https://openindex.co.uk/tunbridge-wells) | 40.3% |
| 38 | [Maidstone](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone) | 40.1% |
| 39 | [Arun](https://openindex.co.uk/arun) | 39.9% |
| 40 | [Guildford](https://openindex.co.uk/guildford) | 39.7% |
| 41 | [Sevenoaks](https://openindex.co.uk/sevenoaks) | 39.5% |
| =42 | [Oxford](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford) | 39.0% |
| =42 | [Waverley](https://openindex.co.uk/waverley) | 39.0% |
| 44 | [Tandridge](https://openindex.co.uk/tandridge) | 38.9% |
| 45 | [Chichester](https://openindex.co.uk/chichester) | 38.7% |
| 46 | [Mole Valley](https://openindex.co.uk/mole-valley) | 38.4% |
| =47 | [Cherwell](https://openindex.co.uk/cherwell) | 38.1% |
| =47 | [Reigate and Banstead](https://openindex.co.uk/reigate-and-banstead) | 38.1% |
| 49 | [Milton Keynes](https://openindex.co.uk/milton-keynes) | 38.0% |
| 50 | [Rushmoor](https://openindex.co.uk/rushmoor) | 37.9% |
| 51 | [Wokingham](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham) | 36.9% |
| 52 | [Dartford](https://openindex.co.uk/dartford) | 36.5% |
| 53 | [Reading](https://openindex.co.uk/reading) | 36.3% |
| 54 | [Surrey Heath](https://openindex.co.uk/surrey-heath) | 36.0% |
| 55 | [Epsom and Ewell](https://openindex.co.uk/epsom-and-ewell) | 35.7% |
| 56 | [Elmbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/elmbridge) | 35.4% |
| 57 | [Crawley](https://openindex.co.uk/crawley) | 35.1% |
| 58 | [Runnymede](https://openindex.co.uk/runnymede) | 34.8% |
| 59 | [Buckinghamshire](https://openindex.co.uk/buckinghamshire) | 34.2% |
| 60 | [Woking](https://openindex.co.uk/woking) | 33.3% |
| 61 | [Gravesham](https://openindex.co.uk/gravesham) | 32.1% |
| 62 | [Spelthorne](https://openindex.co.uk/spelthorne) | 31.2% |
| 63 | [Windsor and Maidenhead](https://openindex.co.uk/windsor-and-maidenhead) | 31.0% |
| 64 | [Slough](https://openindex.co.uk/slough) | 13.1% |

Source: Census 2021, England and Wales, ONS Census 2021. Covers England and Wales. Period: 2021. Period: 2021.

## Other rankings of this measure

- [England and Wales](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/no-religion/uk)
- [England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/no-religion/england)
- [Wales](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/no-religion/wales)
- [North East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/no-religion/north-east)
- [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/no-religion/north-west)
- [Yorkshire and The Humber](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/no-religion/yorkshire-and-the-humber)
- [East Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/no-religion/east-midlands)
- [West Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/no-religion/west-midlands)
- [East of England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/no-religion/east-of-england)
- [London](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/no-religion/london)
- [South West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/no-religion/south-west)

- [The map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/no-religion)
- [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/no-religion)

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