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Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Religious affiliation

Interesting data

What are the main religions in the Lancaster District?
Source: 2001 Census
Religion %
No. of people
Christian 76.3
102,196
No religion 13.6
18,251
Not stated 8.7
11,619
Muslim 0.59
778
Other 0.27
366
Buddhist 0.25
337
Hindu 0.13
176
Jewish 0.09
118
Sikh 0.05
63
Total religious minorities 1.4
1838
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4 comments:

  1. Steve McMahon5:02 pm

    I always worry about statistics like these. How many people simply tick a box without thinking? Ok, 102,000 are labelled Christian, but how many actually practice their faith, I wonder?

    And having seen certain areas of Lancaster (Dallas Road being a prime example) I'm surprised that the number of Muslims is so low.

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  2. Mike Peatman11:53 am

    Yes, I wasn't sure it was a very accurate picture of reality on the ground.

    As you say, lots of 'default' Christians.

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  3. Emma11:55 am

    Oooh statistics! :D
    Haven't found out about the Lancaster one way system yet, but I'm on to it!

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  4. Emma12:03 pm

    I've got so far as around 1960, when the M6 Lancaster bypass was opened. Don't know who designed it or any specifics yet though.

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