The UK Religious Demographics

This is an analysis of the UK Religious Demographics (England only) data based on their recent census. The data consists of religious affiliation of the people of England in 2011 and 2021. I have used four charts and four KPIs in this dashboard.

1. A bar chart was used to show the percentage change in the number of followers of each religion. I have used a line chart over it to give a better visual sense of the bars. Upon hovering on each bar (religion), we can see the further breakup of top 3 and bottom 3 Upper Tier Local Authorities where that particular religion is practised.

INSIGHT - The followers of Christianity have significantly reduced by 16.87% in 2021 as compared to 2011. It's interesting to find that people choosing not to follow any religion has increased drastically by 57.96%

2. A tornado chart was used to show the year-wise comparison of the percentages of followers of each religion. Left side shows the data of 2011 while the right side shows the data of 2021.

INSIGHT - The proportion of Christians reduced from 59.4% to 46.3% of the total population. Though Christianity is still the religion with maximum followers in England but it is no more the majority religion.

3. A heat map was used to show the percentage growth of each religion over the regions. Darker shades of purple shows high growth while the lighter shades show less or negative growth. Upon hovering on each cell, we can further see the year-wise change in followers.

INSIGHT - Every region witnessed a decline in the followers of Christianity. North East has the highest decrease in Christianity and also the highest increase in No Religion. Hindus have increased significantly in the South West and South East regions, while North East and North West saw an increase of No Religion. London witnessed a drastic increase in the followers of other religions.

4. A radial chart was also used in this dashboard. Each bar of the chart indicates one religion. Upon hovering on the bars, we can see their proportions in each of the nine regions.

INSIGHT - Apart from Sikhs and Christians, every other religion has their maximum proportion of followers based out of London.

KPIs used in this metrics were - Total number of respondents, Growth in number of respondents, Total religions, Total regions.