Religion in Sussex
Statistics
The statistics for current religion (not religion of upbringing where also asked) from the 2011 census are set out in the tables below.

Religion in Sussex

Section Title: Statistics
Table Section Text: The statistics for current religion (not religion of upbringing where also asked) from the 2011 census are set out in the tables below.

Religion (2011)	Brighton and Hove	East Sussex local authority area	East Sussex ceremonial county	West Sussex	Sussex	England	United Kingdom

Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%

Christianity	117,276	42.9	315,659	59.9	432,935	0	498,367	61.8	931,302	57.8	31,479,376	59.4	37,583,962	59.5

Islam	6,095	2.2	4,201	0.8	10,296	0	12,668	1.6	22,964	1.4	2,660,116	5.0	2,786,635	4.4

Hinduism	1,792	0.7	1,501	0.3	3,293	0	7,368	0.9	10,661	0.7	806,199	1.5	835,394	1.3

Sikhism	342	0.1	178	0.0	520	0.1	1,137	0.1	1,657	0.1	420,196	0.8	432,429	0.7

Judaism	2,670	1.0	1,074	0.2	3,744	0.5	1,434	0.2	5,178	0.3	261,282	0.5	269,568	0.4

Buddhism	2,742	1.0	2,190	0.4	4,932	0.6	3,057	0.4	7,989	0.5	238,626	0.5	261,584	0.4

Other religion	2,409	0.9	3,508	0.7	5,917	0.7	4,121	0.5	10,038	0.6	227,825	0.4	262,774	0.4

Total non-Christian religion	16,050	5.9	12,652	2.4	28,702	3.6	29,785	3.7	58,487	3.6	4,614,244	8.7	4,848,384	7.7

No religion	115,954	42.4	155,723	29.6	271,677	34.0	216,844	26.9	488,521	30.5	13,114,232	24.7	16,221,509	25.7

Religion not stated	24,089	8.8	42,637	8.1	66,726	8.3	61,896	7.7	128,622	8.0	3,804,104	7.2	4,528,323	7.2

No religion and Religion not stated	140,043	51.2	198,360	37.6	338,403	42.3	278,740	34.5	617,143	38.3	16,948,836	32.0	20,749,832	32.8

Total population	273,400	100.0	527,200	100.0	800,200	100.0	808,900	100.0	1,609,100	100.0	53,012,456	100.0	63,182,178	100.0

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Brighton and Hove had the highest proportion of 'no religion' in Sussex at 42.4%.

final_sentence: Brighton and Hove had the highest proportion of 'no religion' in Sussex at 42.4%.