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Religion
One fairly robust data source for religion is the Census, although the religion question is not compulsory and there is no measure of the extent of belief, regularity of attendance at a place of worship or time devoted to religious practices. The results of the 2011 Census indicate that 68.8% of the Lancashire (12) population were Christians. 19.2% claimed to have no religion and 4.8% were Muslims. 6.1% gave no answer so the remaining 1.2% were of other faiths including Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish, Sikh and "other". Over a quarter of the population of Blackburn with Darwen are Muslim, so the percentage of Muslims in the 14 authority county is pushed up to 6.6%.
A full table of results is available in the table below.
|
Area
|
Christian
|
Buddhist
|
Hindu
|
Jewish
|
Muslim
|
Sikh
|
Other
|
No religion
|
Not stated
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Burnley
|
63.6
|
0.2
|
0.2
|
0.0
|
9.9
|
0.0
|
0.3
|
19.7
|
6.0
|
|
Chorley
|
75.3
|
0.3
|
0.2
|
0.0
|
1.1
|
0.0
|
0.3
|
17.2
|
5.6
|
|
Fylde
|
73.7
|
0.3
|
0.2
|
0.4
|
0.5
|
0.1
|
0.3
|
18.3
|
6.2
|
|
Hyndburn
|
66.4
|
0.2
|
0.1
|
0.0
|
10.3
|
0.0
|
0.3
|
17.0
|
5.7
|
|
Lancaster
|
65.9
|
0.4
|
0.3
|
0.1
|
1.3
|
0.1
|
0.5
|
24.5
|
7.1
|
|
Pendle
|
53.7
|
0.3
|
0.1
|
0.0
|
17.4
|
0.0
|
0.4
|
21.9
|
6.2
|
|
Preston
|
61.0
|
0.3
|
2.4
|
0.0
|
11.2
|
0.7
|
0.3
|
18.4
|
5.7
|
|
Ribble Valley
|
78.1
|
0.2
|
0.2
|
0.0
|
0.7
|
0.1
|
0.2
|
14.5
|
6.0
|
|
Rossendale
|
63.8
|
0.2
|
0.1
|
0.1
|
3.8
|
0.0
|
0.3
|
25.1
|
6.3
|
|
South Ribble
|
75.7
|
0.2
|
0.5
|
0.0
|
0.5
|
0.1
|
0.3
|
17.0
|
5.7
|
|
West Lancashire
|
76.2
|
0.1
|
0.2
|
0.1
|
0.2
|
0.1
|
0.2
|
17.2
|
5.7
|
|
Wyre
|
74.6
|
0.2
|
0.1
|
0.1
|
0.3
|
0.0
|
0.3
|
17.8
|
6.6
|
|
Lancashire (12 districts)
|
68.8
|
0.2
|
0.5
|
0.1
|
4.8
|
0.1
|
0.3
|
19.2
|
6.1
|
|
Blackburn with Darwen UA
|
52.6
|
0.2
|
0.4
|
0.0
|
27.0
|
0.1
|
0.2
|
13.8
|
5.6
|
|
Blackpool UA
|
67.2
|
0.3
|
0.2
|
0.2
|
0.7
|
0.0
|
0.4
|
24.5
|
6.4
|
|
Lancashire (14-authorities)
|
67.0
|
0.2
|
0.4
|
0.1
|
6.6
|
0.1
|
0.3
|
19.1
|
6.1
|
Source: 2011 Census of Population
A longer article on religion as stated in the 2011 Census is available in our Census pages.
Please also see the religion or belief web page that is managed by the county council's equality and diversity team.