Religion and belief

• Christianity (all denominations) is consistently the most prevalent religion (41%)
• The proportion of staff not following a religion has increased YOY since 2019 to 52% in 2023 whilst the proportion who are Christian has declined YOY
• Again, a much higher proportion of females are Christian (+11 percentage points) whilst males are more likely to say they don’t have a religion

This chart shows the religion of employees by year:
In 2019, 49% of employees were Christian, in 2020 this was 46%, in 2021 this was 45%, in 2022 this was 43%, and in 2023 it was 41%
In 2019 to 2023 consistently 2% of employees were Muslim
In 2019, 1% of employees were Hindu, in 2020 this was also 1%, in 2021 this was less than 1%, and in 2022 and 2023 less than 1% of employees are Hindu
In 2019 1% of employees were Buddhist, in 2020 this was also 1%, in 2021 this was also 1%, and in 2022 and 2023 less than 1% of employees are Buddhist
In 2019, 6% of employees belonged to another religion, in 2020 this was also 6%, in 2021 this was also 6%, in 2022 it was 7%, and in 2023 it was 4%
In 2019, 43% of employees had no religion, in 2020 this was 44%, in 2021 this was 46%, in 2022 it was 48% and in 2023 it was 52%

This chart shows that for 2023:
33% of males and 44% of females are Christian
2% of males and 2% of females are Muslim
1% of males and less than 1% of females are Hindu
1% of males and less than 1% of females are Buddhist
5% of males and 4% of females belong to another religion
58% of males and 50% of females have no religion