Today's Census figures show that 176,632 people in England and Wales identify themselves as Jedi Knights, making it the most popular faith in the "Other Religions" category on the Census and the seventh most popular faith overall.
The new figures reveal that the lightsabre-wielding disciples are only behind
Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism, Judaism and Buddhism in the
popularity stakes, excluding non-religious people and people who did not
answer.
Following a nationwide
campaign, Jedi made it onto the 2001 census, with 390,127 people
identifying themselves a decade ago as followers of the fictional Star Wars
creed.
Although the number of Jedis has dropped by more than 50 per cent over the
past 10 years, they are still the most selected "alternative"
faith on the Census, and constitute 0.31% of all people's stated religious
affiliation in England and Wales.
The latest official population survey also revealed 6,242 people subscribe to
the Heavy Metal religion, which was set up in 2010 by the Rock
magazine, Metal Hammer.
The number of people specifically identifying as Atheists was 29,267, while
over 13.8 million refused to identify with a faith at all, ticking the "No
religion" box on the census form.
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