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

Tamworth had the highest no religion of West Midlands’s 30 councils in 2021, at 44.3%.

Birmingham had the lowest, at 24.1%. The middle council, Shropshire, had 37.0%.

| Rank | Area | No religion |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Tamworth](https://openindex.co.uk/tamworth) | 44.3% |
| 2 | [Cannock Chase](https://openindex.co.uk/cannock-chase) | 41.1% |
| 3 | [Telford and Wrekin](https://openindex.co.uk/telford-and-wrekin) | 40.9% |
| =4 | [Redditch](https://openindex.co.uk/redditch) | 40.0% |
| =4 | [Warwick](https://openindex.co.uk/warwick) | 40.0% |
| 6 | [Worcester](https://openindex.co.uk/worcester) | 39.6% |
| 7 | [Newcastle-under-Lyme](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-under-lyme) | 38.9% |
| 8 | [Wyre Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre-forest) | 38.6% |
| =9 | [Lichfield](https://openindex.co.uk/lichfield) | 38.1% |
| =9 | [Malvern Hills](https://openindex.co.uk/malvern-hills) | 38.1% |
| =9 | [North Warwickshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-warwickshire) | 38.1% |
| 12 | [Nuneaton and Bedworth](https://openindex.co.uk/nuneaton-and-bedworth) | 37.8% |
| 13 | [Stoke-on-Trent](https://openindex.co.uk/stoke-on-trent) | 37.7% |
| 14 | [Bromsgrove](https://openindex.co.uk/bromsgrove) | 37.4% |
| 15 | [Shropshire](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire) | 37.0% |
| 16 | [Stafford](https://openindex.co.uk/stafford) | 36.9% |
| 17 | [Herefordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/herefordshire) | 36.6% |
| 18 | [Rugby](https://openindex.co.uk/rugby) | 36.1% |
| 19 | [Dudley](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley) | 36.0% |
| 20 | [Stratford-on-Avon](https://openindex.co.uk/stratford-on-avon) | 35.9% |
| 21 | [Wychavon](https://openindex.co.uk/wychavon) | 35.0% |
| =22 | [East Staffordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/east-staffordshire) | 33.9% |
| =22 | [Staffordshire Moorlands](https://openindex.co.uk/staffordshire-moorlands) | 33.9% |
| 24 | [Solihull](https://openindex.co.uk/solihull) | 32.9% |
| 25 | [South Staffordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/south-staffordshire) | 32.5% |
| 26 | [Walsall](https://openindex.co.uk/walsall) | 30.2% |
| 27 | [Coventry](https://openindex.co.uk/coventry) | 29.6% |
| 28 | [Wolverhampton](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton) | 27.8% |
| 29 | [Sandwell](https://openindex.co.uk/sandwell) | 26.1% |
| 30 | [Birmingham](https://openindex.co.uk/birmingham) | 24.1% |

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)
- [East of England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/no-religion/east-of-england)
- [London](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/no-religion/london)
- [South East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/no-religion/south-east)
- [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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