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October 17, 2025Open Access

Churchgoing in London: The Statistical Record, 1830s to Present

Key Points

Church attendance in London has decreased significantly over two centuries, with notable declines in the late 19th and 20th centuries.
Attendance data from national religious censuses in 1851, 1979–2005, and various metropolitan records reveal an index of attendance consistently below other urban areas.
After a brief increase around the millennium, church attendance in London fell again post-2012, reinforcing trends observed in previous decades.
Statistical analysis using census data uncovers long-term trends in religious participation, highlighting shifts in societal engagement with faith.

Abstract

Part of a series of longitudinal studies of churchgoing in British towns and cities, this article traces the statistical history of church attendance in London over the past two hundred years. Among other sources, it utilises national religious censuses in 1851 and 1979–2005 and metropolitan ones in 1886–7, 1902–3, 1933–4 and 2012, presenting results as an index of attendance (IA), expressing attendances as percentage of population. Throughout the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, London’s IAs fell continuously and were mostly below those in other conurbations. Following an uptick around the millennium, net decline resumed after 2012.

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