We have mapped government statistics onto parish boundaries to produce parish-level census and deprivation information.
- 2021 census data at parish level (excel file, added November 2023).
- 2021 census data at deanery level (excel file, added July 2024).
- Summary parish census and deprivation statistics (excel file, updated January 2024), based on the 2021 census and the 2019 English indices of deprivation. N.B. this dataset can be explored further on the interactive Church of England parish maps
- Detailed parish deprivation statistics (excel file, updated January 2024), based on the 2019 English indices of deprivation
To access further census information please visit the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Census webpages.
We have written user guides for two of the tools that the ONS has provided for working with data from the 2021 census:
- Custom datasets - allowing users to specify and obtain datasets of interest.
- Custom area profiles - allowing users to see datasets mapped onto an area of their choice.
Statistics for Mission reports provide a summary of attendance at Church of England services, and numbers of baptisms, marriages, and funerals.
- Statistics for Mission 2022 [2022 diocesan tables (excel)] (published November 2023)
- Statistics for Mission 2021 [2021 diocesan tables (excel)] (published December 2022)
- Statistics for Mission 2020 [2020 diocesan tables (excel)] (published December 2021)
- Church at Home 2020 (published October 2021)
- Statistics for Mission 2019 [2019 diocesan tables (excel)] (published October 2020)
- Statistics for Mission 2018
- Statistics for Mission 2017
- Statistics for Mission 2016
- Statistics for Mission 2015
- Statistics for Mission 2014
- Statistics for Mission 2013
- Statistics for Mission 2012
- Statistics for Mission 2011
Finance Statistics reports provide an overview of the income and expenditure of parishes within the Church of England.
- Finance Statistics 2022; diocesan tables (excel file)
- Finance Statistics 2021
- Finance Statistics 2020
- Finance Statistics 2019
- Finance Statistics 2018
- Finance Statistics 2017
- Finance Statistics 2016
- Finance Statistics 2015
- Finance Statistics 2014
- Finance Statistics 2013
- Finance Statistics 2012
- Finance Statistics 2011
Ministry Statistics reports provide a range of statistics about licensed ministers in the Church of England.
- Ministry Statistics 2022 (excel) (published October 2024)
- Ministry Statistics 2020 [2020 diocesan tables (excel)] [commentary from Ministry Division] (published July 2021)
- Ministry Statistics 2019 [2019 diocesan tables (excel)] [commentary from Ministry Division]
- Ministry Statistics 2018 [2018 diocesan tables (excel)] [commentary from Ministry Division]
- Ministry Statistics 2017 [2017 diocesan tables (excel)]
- Ministry Statistics 2016 [2016 diocesan tables (excel)]
- Stipendiary Clergy Projections 2015-2035 [cover note from Ministry Division]
- Ministry Statistics 2012-2015 [2012-2015 diocesan tables (excel)]
- Ministry Statistics 2012
- Ministry Statistics 2011
- Lay Ministry Data Project [commentary from National Ministry Team] (published November 2020)
Cathedral Statistics reports provide a summary of attendance at the Church of England's Cathedrals.
- Cathedral Statistics 2023 (published September 2024)
- Cathedral Statistics 2022 (published February 2024)
- Cathedral Statistics 2021
- Cathedral Statistics 2020
- Cathedral Statistics 2019
- Cathedral Statistics 2018
- Cathedral Statistics 2017
- Cathedral Statistics 2016
- Cathedral Statistics 2015
- Cathedral Statistics 2014
- Cathedral Statistics 2013
- Cathedral Statistics 2012
- Cathedral Statistics 2010
- Cathedral Statistics 2009
The Energy Toolkit (which includes the Church Energy Footprint Tool) reports a summary of energy data from church buildings in the Church of England.
- Energy Toolkit Report 2021 (Published December 2022)
- Energy Toolkit Report 2020 (Published March 2022)
- Energy Footprint Tool 2020 (Published November 2021)
- Energy Footprint Tool 2019 (Published February 2021)
Attendance statistics from the College Chapels in Oxford, Cambridge and Durham University.
- Oxford, Cambridge and Durham College Chapel Survey 2018 (published August 2019)
- Oxford, Cambridge and Durham College Chapel Survey 2017
- Oxford, Cambridge and Durham College Chapel Survey 2016
- Oxford and Cambridge University College Chapels 2012-13, summary report
- Oxford University College Chapel Statistics 2013
- Cambridge University College Chapel Statistics 2012
Prior to 2011, Statistics for Mission, Finance, and Ministry statistics were published in a single Church Statistics report. Note that these reports were not necessarily published every year. Reports from 1960 onwards can be found in this section.
- Church Statistics 2010/11
- Church Statistics 2009/10
- Church Statistics 2008/09
- Church Statistics 2007/08
- Church Statistics 2006/07
- Church Statistics 2005/06
- Church Statistics 2004/05
- Church Statistics 2003/04
- Church Statistics 2002
- Church Statistics 2001
- Church Statistics 2000
- Church Statistics 1999
- Church Statistics 1998
- Church Statistics 1997
- Church Statistics 1996
- Church Statistics 1995
- Church Statistics 1994
- Church Statistics 1993
- Church Statistics 1992
- Church Statistics 1991
- Church Statistics 1989
- Church Statistics 1987
- Church Statistics 1985
- Church Statistics 1984
- Church Statistics 1983
- Church Statistics 1982
- Church Statistics 1981
- Church Statistics 1980
- Church Statistics 1979
- Church Statistics 1978
- Church Statistics 1976
- Church Statistics 1973
- Church Statistics 1965
- Church Statistics 1960
Congregational diversity surveys 2014, 2007; Clergy diversity audit 2005.
Everyone Counts, 2014
Everyone Counts was a congregational survey of 36,000 people carried out in 2014 in 600 Church of England churches as part of a long-term commitment to monitoring diversity within the Church. There was a particular focus on ethnicity, disability, and locality.
National Parish Congregation Diversity Monitoring, 2007
Clergy Diversity Audit 2005
- Executive Summary
- Clergy Diversity Audit 2005, Section 1
- Clergy Diversity Audit 2005, Section 2
- Clergy Diversity Audit 2005, Appendix 1
- Clergy Diversity Audit 2005, Appendix 2
- Clergy Diversity Audit 2005, Appendix 3
- Clergy Diversity Audit 2005, Appendix 4