Religion Statistics

What religions do people practise in Oxford?

The 2001 Census asked people if they belonged to a particular religion.  The majority of people in Oxford - 60% - stated they were Christian, whilst 24% said they had no religion.

Oxford population by religion, 2001 (27kB PDF)

There are some significant variations by age group.  People aged 65 years and over were more likely to say they were Christian (82% compared to 60% of the general population).  Similarly, only 7% of people in this age group said they had no religion, compared to 24% of the general population.  Amongst young people, 7% said they were Muslim compared to 4% of the general population.

Oxford population by religion and age, 2001 (28kB PDF)

In many cases there is a strong relationship between people's ethnicity and their religion.  94% of people of Bangladeshi or Pakistani ethnic origin were Muslim; 80% of people of Irish ethnic origin and 73% of people of Black ethnic origin were Christian.  40% of people of Indian ethnic origin were Hindu and 57% of people of Chinese ethnic origin said they had no religion.

Oxford population by religion and ethnicity, 2001 (71kB PDF)

Where do people of different religions live in Oxford?

The maps below show where people of different religions lived in Oxford at the time of the 2001 Census. 

They show the proportion of people living in each Output Area in Oxford who identified themselves as belonging to a particular religion. Output Areas are small geographic areas used to produce statistics; they contain an average population of around 300 and there are 414 in Oxford.

Christian map (214kB PDF)
Muslim map (277kB PDF)
Jewish map (286kB PDF)
Buddhist map (211kB PDF)
Hindu map (263kB PDF)
Other religion map (289kB PDF)
Sikh map (277kB PDF)
No religion map (272kB PDF)

Page last reviewed 5 April 2012