Endless Hours Of Entertainment ...

[Ellipsis]

... lie herein:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20677515

* The number of foreign-born residents in England and Wales has risen by nearly three million since 2001 to 7.5 million people, the 2011 census shows.
* Those calling themselves Christians was down 13 percentage points at 59% (33.2 million) in 2011, from 72% (37.3 million) in 2001. The number of those who said they had no religious affiliation increased by 10 percentage points from 15% (7.7 million) in 2001 to 25% (14.1 million) in 2011.
* Muslims now make up 4.8% of the population of England and Wales. Of the other main religious groups: 1.5% of people identified themselves as Hindu; 0.8% as Sikh; 0.5% as Jewish; and 0.4% as Buddhist
* The white British population has fallen 400,000 since 2001, now 80% down from 87% - in London 45% of people are white British, down from 58%
* Of the foreign-born who arrived in England and Wales in the last 10 years, 95% were aged under 45
* 4.8 million people hold a foreign passport: 2.3 million from the EU and 2.4 million from outside the EU
* 42% of people in Norwich and Brighton say they have no religion, the highest level in England and Wales
* 2 million households with at least two people had partners or household members of different ethnic groups in 2011, a three percentage point increase on 2001 (1.4 million)
* The employment rate is estimated at 71.8%; unemployment is 7.5%
* In Northern Ireland, the number of Protestants is now 48% (down five percentage points on the last census) and Catholics 45% (a rise of one percentage point)
* Again in Northern Ireland, two-fifths (40%) saw themselves as British-only, while a quarter (25%) identified themselves as Irish only and just over a fifth (21%) saw themselves as Northern Irish only
* The number of people who speak Welsh has fallen in the past 10 years

[friedgreentomato]

//42% of people in Norwich and Brighton say they have no religion, the highest level in England and Wales//

That explains a lot about Norwich then!!!

[FredPuli43]

Norwich , eh? Well,in Norwich they are not afraid to say what they really think, rather than pay lip service to some idea. We used to say that Norwich had 365 pubs, because they were needed every day, but only 52 churches because they were only needed once a week. The decline in both may indicate something; a declining belief in the power of drink and prayer, perhaps.

[jno]

the Brighton religion is Gay, isn't it?

[ichkeria]

The N. Ireland statistics are interesting (well, to me anyway):
48% Protestant
45% Catholic
yet 61% regard themselves as British/N. Irish and only 25% Irish only. Assuming the options are mutually exclusive, which I can't remember is the case or not.

[Mick-Talbot]

I thought this was about the X-Box
(I did do a quick check) Sorry Ellipsis, I started another census thread. :0/

[Ellipsis]

Meh