Key graphs and tables From Evidence to Action wwwfromevidencetoactionorguk From Evidence to Action wwwfromevidencetoactionorguk Context slow ongoing decline The average decline in Church attendance has been 13 per annum for the past few decades ID: 561504
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From ‘Anecdote to Evidence’
‘Key graphs and tables’
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Context: slow ongoing decline?
The average decline in Church attendance has been 1.3% per annum for the past few decades
The average parish in the Church of England has 79 people attending
This means that an (average)
parish church has been losing one person per year
.
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20 years ago
Today
1.3% decline per year
One person, per church, per year may not seem like much…
But
, over 20 years this means
a reduction of a
quarter of
attendees
:
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Historic Trends
Average
Annual
Change (based on last 30 years)
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Age Profile
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C of E Age Profile Trend
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Resource Strategy & Development Unit – National Church Institutions
Church of England Attendance Projections
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Religious
affiliation by decade of birth, 1983-2011; change is between, not within, generations ...
Source: British Social Attitudes survey 1983-2011
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Religious
affiliation by year of birth
Among the old, 1 in 2 are C of E; among the young, 1 in 20
Source: British Social Attitudes survey 1983-2010, pooledSlide10
Monthly or more frequent attendance for Anglicans by year of birth (%)Slide11
1983-86
2008-11
Once a week or more
7.3
8.6
Once every two weeks
2.82.6
Once a month7.27.2
Twice a year17.8
14.3
Once a year
10.2
8.7
Less often
9.2
7.2
Never or practically never
45.0
50.5
Varies too much to say
0.6
0.9
Total
100.0
100.0
N
3,201
3,388
Frequency of attendance for self-identified Anglicans in Great Britain
Source: British Social Attitudes survey
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Belief in God among old and young (%)
Source: British Social Attitudes survey
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Christians as a percentage of the population
Source: England and Wales, 2011
census
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Churches with young people are twice as likely to be growing
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