The Office for National Statistics has released it's latest data about the UK population taken from the 2021 Census, showing the changes since 2011
Archbishop of York says the figures reflect that people don't"automatically" identify as Christian, while secular groups say it proves"we are no longer a Christian country".There has been a large fall in the number of people who consider themselves as Christian, dropping below half the population of England and Wales for the first time.
• Number of people using Romanian as their main language rose from 0.1% to 0.8% , which is 2nd to Polish in a list of languages used other than English and Welsh • Polish remains most common non-UK identity, Romanian was 2nd , Indian remains 3rd, while Irish dropped to 4th . • 90.3% of the population selected at least one of these identities: British, English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish, or Cornish, down slightly from 92%Speaking about the statistics the Archbishop of York said the country has"left behind the era when many people almost automatically identified as Christian".
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