 some data and surveys on religiousness in the united kingdom some data and surveys on religiousness in the united kingdom barsha lun 4102021 1400 despite the fact that the uk is a monarchy with a queen who also rules the official church the church of england faith in a god is low in the united kingdom as per the british social attitudes survey s 31st report released in 2014 the percentage of people who do not embrace any religious beliefs in the uk increased from 314 percent to 506 percent between 1983 and 2013 and in 2018 it increased to 52 as per the british survey attitude survey 2018 the percentage is continuously rising and may already comprise the majority of the population of the uk similarly researchers have also said that the number of people who call themselves christians has dropped to around 50 as per the sociologists and religious demographers the findings of the 2021 census will reveal another major decrease from 2011 when 59 of individuals indicated they were christians but this decrease may not be as severe as it was a decade ago when the percentage fell from 72 in 2001 to 59 in 2011 religious affiliation is just 307 among those between the ages of 16 and 24 those who are over the age of 55 are more religious as per yougov only 23 of individuals consider their religion to be extremely important while 32 consider it to be moderately significant furthermore four out of ten people ie 42 claim that religion is important to them in terms of gender the data reveals that 59 of women find religion to be significant in their life than 51 of men in the citizenship survey 20078 respondents were asked to choose from thirteen alternatives that were essential to their identity while family came in first place with 97 votes the interest came in second with 87 votes and religion came in last with 48 of votes people of all age groups put religion at the bottom except for those aged 65 and over religion came in thirteenth place as a significant component in christians identity the church attendance has also seen to be decreasing on every given sunday in1980 5201300 individuals or 111 of the population of the uk went to church however by 2005 that number dropped to 3166200 about 63 of the population of the uk furthermore in 2019 as per the church of england report 600000 adults or less than 1 of the uk population attended sunday services despite the fact that the uk is a monarchy with a queen who also rules the official church the church of england faith in a god is low in the united kingdom as per the british social attitudes survey s 31st report released in 2014 the percentage of people who do not embrace any religious beliefs in the uk increased from 314 percent to 506 percent between 1983 and 2013 and in 2018 it increased to 52 as per the british survey attitude survey 2018 the percentage is continuously rising and may already comprise the majority of the population of the uk similarly researchers have also said that the number of people who call themselves christians has dropped to around 50 as per the sociologists and religious demographers the findings of the 2021 census will reveal another major decrease from 2011 when 59 of individuals indicated they were christians but this decrease may not be as severe as it was a decade ago when the percentage fell from 72 in 2001 to 59 in 2011 religious affiliation is just 307 among those between the ages of 16 and 24 those who are over the age of 55 are more religious as per yougov only 23 of individuals consider their religion to be extremely important while 32 consider it to be moderately significant furthermore four out of ten people ie 42 claim that religion is important to them in terms of gender the data reveals that 59 of women find religion to be significant in their life than 51 of men in the citizenship survey 20078 respondents were asked to choose from thirteen alternatives that were essential to their identity while family came in first place with 97 votes the interest came in second with 87 votes and religion came in last with 48 of votes people of all age groups put religion at the bottom except for those aged 65 and over religion came in thirteenth place as a significant component in christians identity the church attendance has also seen to be decreasing on every given sunday in1980 5201300 individuals or 111 of the population of the uk went to church however by 2005 that number dropped to 3166200 about 63 of the population of the uk furthermore in 2019 as per the church of england report 600000 adults or less than 1 of the uk population attended sunday services  