Gosport District : Birthplace & Religion Statistics

These simple graphs compare Gosport with national trends:

Time Series Period Covered Description
Percentage Asian 1991 to 2021 Percentage of all persons describing themselves as Asian, including Bangladeshi, Chinese, Indian a…
Percentage Black 1991 to 2021 Percentage of all persons describing themselves as Black, including Black African and Black Caribb…
Percentage White 1991 to 2021 Percentage of all persons describing themselves as White.…
Baptist 'Attendances' as Percentage of Total 1851 The Baptists originated in London in the early seventeenth century, and by 1851 were divided into f…
Calvinistic Methodist 'Attendances' as Percentage of Total 1851 The Calvinistic Methodists were the followers of George Whitfield (1714-69), who broke away from th…
Church of England 'Attendances' as Percentage of Total 1851 The Church of England was and is the <em>established</em> church, and in significant senses part of…
Church of Scotland 'Attendances' as Percentage of Total 1851 The Church of Scotland was the established church in Scotland, but its membership in England and Wa…
Roman Catholic 'Attendances' as Percentage of Total 1851 In the eighteenth century, Catholics had been systematically persecuted, for example being denied t…
Wesleyan Methodist 'Attendances' as Percentage of Total 1851 The Wesleyan Methodists were the second largest denomination after the Church of England, with 15% …
Percentage Buddhist 2001 to 2021 Buddhists made up a quarter of a per cent of the entire population in 2001, rising to 0.45% in 2021…
Percentage Christian 2001 to 2021 Perhaps the most striking finding for 2001 was how many people still described themselves as Christ…
Percentage Hindu 2001 to 2021 Hindus made up 1% of the population in 2001, rising to 1.7% in 2021. They were strongly concentrate…
Percentage Jewish 2001 to 2021 Jews were and are about half a per cent of the population. They are strongly concentrated, the majo…
Percentage Muslim 2001 to 2021 Muslims were the largest of the non-Christian religions in 2001, but the proportion of the total po…
Percentage with No Religion 2001 to 2021 Given the low numbers actually attending church, it is perhaps surprising that so few claimed they …

We hold these detailed statistics for Gosport, which we graph and tabulate here:

Time Series Period Covered Variables (number of categories)
1851 church 'attendances' 1851 Major Christian denominations in 1851 (8)
Attending all churches 1851 Total Attendances (1)
Country of Birth (3-way) 1971 to 2021 Country of Birth, 3-way Classification (3)
Ethnic Group 1991 to 2021 Ethnic Group, 4-way Classification (4)
Religious Faiths 2001 to 2021 Major religious faiths in 2001 (9)

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