- The 2011 UK Census recorded over 52 million people in England and Wales answering the question on religion. Christianity was the largest group with over 33 million people. - The second and third largest groups were Muslim and Jewish with over 2.7 million and 816,000 respectively. - Smaller religious groups collectively made up around 240,000 people, with over 56,000 people identifying as Shinto, 39,000 as Deist, and 23,500 as Wiccan. - Over 14 million people, or 25% of respondents, reported having no religion, with over 176,000 identifying as a "Realist" and 32,000 as a "Free Thinker".