2022 Scottish Census shows 51.1% of Scots have no religion, surpassing religious identifiers for the first time.
2022 Scottish Census reveals a majority (51.1%) of Scots identify as having no religion, marking the first time this surpasses religious identifiers. The Church of Scotland, once the country's largest religious group, has seen its numbers halve since 2001 from 42.4% to 20.4%. Ethnic diversity increased from 8.2% in 2011 to 12.9%, and Scotland's population grew by 144,400 (2.7%), largely due to migration.
May 21, 2024
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