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Muslims youngest religious group, Christians oldest

24th Feb 2023
Muslims youngest religious group, Christians oldest

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Nadine Osman

Muslims are the youngest religious group in England and Wales, while Christians are the oldest at 51, according to the latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) census data. The figures for 2021, titled “Religion by age and sex,” show the average age of Muslims across the two countries is 27.

“This is 13 years younger than the median age of the overall population,” said the ONS. “This religious group has aged since 2011 when the average age for those identifying with it was 25 years. “Of the 3.9 million people who identified as Muslim in 2021, 84.5% were under 50, compared with 62% of the overall population of England and Wales.”

The age gap between the youngest (those identifying as “Muslim”) and oldest (those identifying as “Christian”) median ages has increased from 20 to 24 years in the last decade. Other religious groups also registered an increase in average age, with Hindus going from 32 to 37, Sikhs from 32 to 37, and Buddhists from 37 to 43, while the average age of people identifying as Jewish remained unchanged at 41.

Ethnically, respondents who identified as Arab, African, or South Asian are significantly younger than other groups.  An ageing population and differences in the way people choose to identify were among the factors driving the trend, experts said.

Christians are now on average the oldest group, at 51, six years older than a decade ago when people describing themselves as Christians were on average 45. Almost three in 10 Christians are 65 or older, up from just over two in 10 in the 2011 census.

And for the first time, more people under 65 say they are atheists than those who identify as Christians. Of the 3.9 million people who identified as “Muslim” in 2021, 84.5% were under the age of 50, compared with 62% of the overall population of England and Wales.

The ONS data also reveals that the proportion of people describing themselves as Christians fell below 50% for the first time since such records began.

It said 46.2% of the population described themselves as Christian, down from 59.3% a decade earlier, a decline of 5.5 million people People who do not practise any religion have an average age of 32, making them the second-youngest group. More than half of people every year from 22 to 30 said they had no religion, with the highest proportion for 27-year-olds, at 53%.

“Many factors can cause changes in the size of religious groups, including changing age structures, people relocating for work or education, and differences in the way individuals chose to self-identify (or how children’s religious affiliation was reported) between censuses,” the ONS said.

“Politicians should look at today’s results and recognise they must renegotiate the place of religion or belief in today’s society.”

The data shows notable differences between England and Wales. Among single-age groups, the highest proportion in England with no religion is 52.3% for both 26- and 27-year-olds, but in Wales, excluding the very young, the figure is 66% for those aged 27.

At every age in Wales up to age 45, more than half of adults say they have no religion. In England, this is true only for people from 23 to 30. The proportion of people in England in a single-age group who identify as Christian peaks at 89, at 78.9%, while for Wales it is 99, at 82.1%. There are also sharp differences among other religious groups.

At every age in England up to 18, at least one in 10 identifies as Muslim, ranging from 11.7% of one-year-olds to 10.5% of 18-year-olds. In Wales, the equivalent figures for people up to 18 range from 4.5% for one-year-olds to 3.2% for 14-year-olds.

The census allowed people to write in the name of a religious group that was not part of the main list. Among those who wrote in a group, people in England and Wales who described themselves as “Yazidi” had the youngest average age, at 27.

The oldest was for those who identified as “Brahma Kumaris,” at 61, though this is a very small group, accounting for less than 0.01% of the population. Among other small groups, the average age for Rastafarian was 42; Jain 43; Pagan 43; Scientology 45; Taoist 45; and Druid 53.

 

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