Religion, Census 2022

Note: ‘minority religion’ above includes Buddhist, Hindu, Jewish, Muslim, Sikh, Pagan, and ‘Other religion,’ as shown in the table below.

Religion, Census 2022

ReligionAberdeen CityAberdeenshireMorayEdinburghGlasgowScotland
No religion58%
129,880		59%
155,494		58%
54,238		56%
289,944		43%
268,327		51%
2,780,900
Church of Scotland15%
32,651		23%
61,218		22%
20,576		13%
69,356		13%
82,585		20%
1,107,796
Roman Catholic9%
19,239		4%
11,343		5%
4,696		10%
51,950		21%
128,743		13%
723,322
Other Christian8%
16,897		6%
16,637		7%
6,731		7%
33,593		5%
29,009		5%
279,287
Buddhist0.5%
1,014		0.2%
520		0.3%
286		0.5%
2,796		0.5%
2,854		0.3%
15,501
Hindu1.3%
3,010		0.2%
446		0.11%
99		1.6%
8,459		1.3%
8,166		0.6%
29,929
Jewish0.06%
144		0.04%
96		0.07%
62		0.2%
1,270		0.2%
973		0.11%
5,847
Muslim2.9%
6,465		0.4%
1,172		0.3%
294		3.5%
18,034		7.9%
48,766		2.2%
119,872
Sikh0.07%
165		0.03%
66		0.03%
29		0.3%
1,395		0.6%
3,456		0.2%
10,988
Pagan0.4%
801		0.3%
833		0.5%
460		0.4%
2,055		0.3%
2,001		0.4%
19,113
Other religion0.3%
719		0.2%
493		0.3%
241		0.3%
1,629		0.3%
1,817		0.2%
12,425
Question left blank6%
13,040		6%
15,405		6%
5,586		7%
34,061		7%
44,076		6%
334,862
All people 224,021263,723 93,293 514,543620,756 5,439,842

Data Source:  2022, Census table UV205. Link.

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