Religion
Census recorded a rise in people with no religion between 2001 and 2011, while Church of Scotland numbers dropped.
Religion was an optional question. In 2011, 7% of people did not state their religion.
No religion
36.7% of people said they had no religion.
That’s an increase from 27.5% who said they had no religion in 2001.
39.4% of males and 34.1% of females said they had no religion.
Church of Scotland
The number of people identifying with the Church of Scotland dropped to 32.4%.
This was a decrease of 10 percentage points from 42.4% in 2001.
Other religions
Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus and Sikhs all increased in number from 2001.
1.4% of people said they were Muslim. That’s an increase of 0.6 percentage points since 2001.
Buddhists, Hindus and Sikhs made up 0.7% of the population. Each of these also increased between 2001 and 2011.
The number of Jewish people declined slightly to just under 6,000.
Religion in Scotland
1,941,116
People with no religion
1,717,871
Church of Scotland
841,053
Roman Catholic
291,275
Other Christian
76,737
Muslim
16,379
Hindu
12,795
Buddhist
9,055
Sikh
5,997
Jewish
15,196
Other religion
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