5.0 | Religion
East Renfrewshire is one of the most ethnically and culturally diverse areas in Scotland, with significant Jewish and Muslim communities.
In the Census of 2011, there was a much higher percentage of people in East Renfrewshire who stated they have a religion (73 per cent) when compared with Scotland as a whole (63 per cent). In Scotland, those identifying as having ‘No religion’ showed a much younger profile, with 63 per cent aged under 40. However the percentage of people in East Renfrewshire stating they had ‘No religion’ increased by 5.5 per cent from 2001 to 2011. Twenty-seven per cent of people stated they had ‘no religion’.
Six out of ten people said that their religion was ‘Christian’ (60 per cent): 33 per cent ‘Church of Scotland’, 22 per cent ‘Roman Catholic’ and 4 per cent ‘Other Christian’. In Scotland, ‘Church of Scotland’ (32 per cent), ‘Roman Catholic’ (16 per cent) and ‘Other Christian’ (6 per cent). The proportion of the population who recorded that they belonged to the ‘Church of Scotland’ fell by 8.1 per cent between 2001 and 2011. Over the same period the proportion of the population stating they were ‘Roman Catholic’ increased by 1.5 per cent.
After Christianity, the next largest religion was ‘Muslim’ which represented 3.3 per cent with an increase of 1.2 per cent from 2001. This was followed by ‘Jewish’ at 2.6 per cent which represents 41 per cent of the ‘Jewish’ population in Scotland. The other religions combined (including ‘Hindu’, ‘Buddhist’, ‘Sikh’ and ‘Other religion’) represented a further 1.4 per cent.
Source: NRS census 2001 and 2011 26 NRS Census 2011 relating to ethnicity and religion (release 2A) Planning for the Future of East Renfrewshire 19
Table 3 Religion (From census results)
All People Church of Scotland
2011 Scotland % of Scotland East Renfrewshire
% of East Renfrewshire East Renfrewshire as a % of Scotland 2001
Scotland % of Scotland East Renfrewshire
% of East Renfrewshire East Renfrewshire as a % of Scotland
89,311 5,062,011 90,574 5,295,403
1,717,871 32.4%
30,279 33.4% 1.8%
2,146,251 42.4%
37,064 41.5% 1.7%
841,053 15.9%
20,135 22.2% 2.4%
803,847 15.9%
18,487 20.7% 2.3%
291,275 5.5%
3,724 4.1% 1.3%
344,723 6.8%
4,707 5.3% 1.4%
12,795 0.2% 172
0.2% 1.3%
6,830
0.13% 125
0.1% 1.9%
16,379 0.3% 366
0.4% 2.2%
5,564 0.1% 205
0.2% 3.7%
5,887 0.1%
2,399 2.6%
40.8%
6,448 0.1%
3,126 3.5%
48.5%
76,737 1.4%
3,002 3.3% 3.9%
42,557 0.8%
1,920 2.2% 4.5%
9,055 0.2% 548
0.6% 6.1%
6,572
0.13% 420
0.5% 6.4%
15,196 0.3% 171
0.2% 1.1%
26,974 0.5% 330
0.4% 1.2%
1,941,118 36.7%
24,041 26.5% 1.2%
1,394,460 27.5%
18,755 21%
1.3%
368,039 7%
5,737 6.3% 1.6%
278,061 5.5%
4,180 4.7% 1.5%
Roman Catholic
Christian Buddhist Other Hindu Jewish Muslim Sikh Religion No Religion Not Stated Other
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