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According to analysis based on the 2001 census, Muslims in England face poor standards of housing, poorer levels of education and are more vulnerable to long-term illness, [104] and that Muslims in the UK had the highest rate of unemployment, the poorest health, the most disability and fewest educational qualifications among religious groups. [105]
Islam is the second-largest religion in the United Kingdom, with results from the 2021 Census recording just under four million Muslims, or 6.0% of the total population in the United Kingdom. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] London has the largest population and greatest proportion (15%) of Muslims in the country.
English: All usual residents who identified as Muslim by Local Authorities, (England: Local Authorities: District / Unitary (as of April 2023); Scotland: Local authority (Council Area 2019); and Northern Ireland: Local Government Districts) based on the 2021 United Kingdom Census
The vast majority of Muslims in the United Kingdom live in England and Wales: of 1,591,126 Muslims recorded at the 2001 Census, 1,546,626 were living in England and Wales, where they form 3 per cent of the population; 42,557 were living in Scotland, forming 0.8 per cent of the population; [151] and 1,943 were living in Northern Ireland. [152]
According to the 2021 United Kingdom census, 3,801,186 Muslims live in England, or 6.7% of the population. The Muslim population had grown by over a million compared to the 2011 census. [33] According to the 2011 Census, 2.7 million Muslims live in England where they form 5.0% of the population. [7]
The mosque is first and foremost a place of prayer. There are estimated to be almost 2,000 mosques and Islamic prayer rooms in the UK, serving 4.1 million Muslims, or 6.3% of the UK population. About 1500 of those Mosques were located in London as of 2016.
Islam is London's second-largest religion. Muslims make up 15% of London's population. There were 1,318,755 Muslims reported in the 2021 census in the Greater London area. [1] London's first mosque was established by Mohamad Dollie in 1895, in modern-day Camden. [4] The East London Mosque is the largest Muslim centre in Central Europe.
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