The UK census: atheists and humanists sharply declined in 2021

RELIGIONS NEWS AGENCY (REDNA) – The UK Office of National Statistics census figures showed a sharp decline in the number of people identifying as humanist and atheist in 2021.

As “Religion Media Center” reported 57 categories were listed in the census who were asked “What is your religion” and offered a tick box list including major world faiths and “no religion”.

Since the last census in 2011, atheists declined by 52.7 per cent; humanists declined by 32 per cent; and agnostics by 0.8 per cent.

The 2021 census showed an 8 million rise in the number of people describing themselves as having no religion, from 14.1 million in 2011 to 22.2 million in 2021, representing 37 per cent of the population.   Atheists declined by 52.7 per cent (from 29,267 in 2011 to 13,848 in 2021)

According to another census released by “The Telegraph” Satanism is on the rise.

The Telegraph looks at the rise of Satanism in the census, from 1,893 in 2011 to 5,054 in 2021, explaining that there has been a rise in reverence for the devil. It links this to the increasing popularity of the name Lucifer. There are more than 50 “other religion” groups identified in the census.