Census
The secret code of Irish names
An investigation into Irish names, inspired by Anna Burns' novel Milkman and using historical census returns to reveal their hidden encodings.
News
The inflectorate: UK religious identity at a tipping point
This article analyses the demographics of UK religious identity through the lens of electoral dynamics, examining each parliamentary constituency by profiling the predominant religious identities of their local electorates and projecting how these will change.
Technical notes
Projecting belief – my model explained
My launch article made a projection that the share of the UK population identifying as Christian would fall to one third by 2031, mainly driven by an increase in the number of people with no religion. This article explains the model behind that projection, which is based on population forecasts
Religion
Projecting belief – UK religion in 2031
Every ten years, the constituent countries of the UK hold a census, providing a comprehensive snapshot of the population that informs key policy-making and planning decisions over the next decade. In 2021, this snapshot revealed that the share of the UK population identifying as Christian had declined significantly since