Faith & Spirituality PDF Print E-mail

Swansea and its surrounding area has a rich diversity of faith and spiritual communities, including seven of the nine world religions. The latest official data available is the 2001 Census, which gave us the following picture of religion & belief in Swansea at that time:

Faith Population Percentage of Total
Christian 158,457 71.0%
Muslim 2167 1.0%
Buddhist 539 0.2%
Hindu 282 0.1%
Jewish 170 0.1%
Sikh 153 0.1%
Other 447 0.2%
Total 162,215 72.6%
No Religion 44,286 19.8%
Religion not stated 16,800 7.4%
Total Population 223,301 100%

 

Source: 2001 CAS Tables (Census Area Identifier – 00NX) (LINK – resource) The face of Swansea has changed since this census; there are now many more local people of different faith and race heritage than these figures show.

As identified by the SHAP Working Party on World Religions, and recognised by the Inter Faith Network for the UK, and the Inter-Faith Council for Wales

 
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