Equality and diversity characteristics (health and wellbeing needs in South Tyneside)

Religion and Belief

  • The most recent borough level religion data is from the 2011 Census. The Census showed that the vast majority of residents in South Tyneside consider themselves to be Christian - 70.3% (down from 81.9% in 2001).
  • Of the remaining South Tyneside population, 21.1% stated they had no religion (up from 8.9% in 2001), 5.8% didn't provide a reply, and the remaining 2.8% were from other religions.
  • Of the 4,174 residents that stated they were from non-Christian religions, 2,854 were Muslim - 68.4%.
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