Since the year 2000 new attendance counting methods have been introduced across the Church of England and statistical information has been linked with digitally mapped parish boundaries.
The latest edition of the Church Statistics 2010/11 continues to expand measures of participation and affiliation collected by Church of England dioceses, parishes and cathedrals. This publication provides more detailed geographical evidence of the continued involvement of the Church of England in the everyday lives of men, women and children.
Summary file
The publication Church Statistics 2009/10 presents a summary of comparable details for attendance, membership and finance information in their geographical context. The Ministry tables are available within the full version of Church Statistics publication with a set of individual tables being made available throughout the year.
Maps of attendance data 2010
Maps guidance notes (pdf)
Ministry data 2000 - 2011 (Excel)
Summary Ministry tables
Ministry 2010 (pdf)
Ministry 2009 (pdf)
Individual tables below
Diocesan Licensed Ministers 2010 (pdf)
Full - Time Stipendiary Ministers 2010 (pdf)
Age Stipendiary Clergy 2010 (pdf)
Age Profiles of Clergy 2010 (pdf)
Age Gender Licensed Ministers 2010 (pdf)
Clergy Ethnicity 2010 (pdf)
Licensed Readers Church Army 2010 (pdf)
Ordinations Reader Admissions 2010 (pdf)
Ordination Women Resolutions 2010 (pdf)
Chaplaincy and other Ministries 2010 (pdf)
Diocesan Licensed Ministers 2010 graph (pdf)
Definitions on Ministry 2010 (pdf)
Projections of stipendiary diocesan clergy 2011 - 2015 (pdf)
Stipendiary Clergy losses and gains 1995 to 2010 (pdf)
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