A November 29, 2022 report on the UK Office for National Statistics' newly released 2021 census religion data, stating that 1,854 people in England and Wales identified their religion as Scientology in 2021, down 23 percent from 2,418 in the 2011 census.
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Citation
AuthorTony Ortega
PublisherThe Underground Bunker (Substack)
Publication Year2022
URLhttps://tonyortega.substack.com/p/scientology-down-23-percent-from
Source Typenews
Assessment
Reliability Tier2
Independent journalism (a specialist reporter who has covered Scientology for over a decade) reporting the United Kingdom Office for National Statistics' own 2021 census religion figures the day they were released, giving both the 2011 and 2021 England and Wales counts of self-identified Scientologists directly from the government dataset; the underlying figures are a primary national census count, relayed here rather than re-derived. Claims Backed By This Source (13 claims)
This source backs 13 claims across the atlas. As facts: 12 well-attested. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
- New Religious Movements, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 general references.
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