Religion, No. of sole traders 2017/18 , No. of sole traders 2018/19 , No. of sole traders 2019/20 , No. of sole traders 2020/21 , No. of sole traders 2021/22 Buddhism," 34,570 "," 37,665 "," 40,653 "," 43,907 "," 45,623 " Christianity," 522,767 "," 534,533 "," 551,683 "," 574,625 "," 588,968 " Hinduism," 36,576 "," 43,383 "," 50,210 "," 57,632 "," 58,561 " Islam," 55,974 "," 60,618 "," 64,625 "," 68,331 "," 71,255 " Judaism," 9,175 "," 9,391 "," 9,668 "," 9,919 "," 10,049 " Other Religions," 30,950 "," 35,353 "," 40,343 "," 43,605 "," 45,062 " Secular/Spiritual/No Affiliation," 513,719 "," 537,319 "," 561,018 "," 598,944 "," 619,273 " Supplementary," 30,770 "," 32,152 "," 33,562 "," 35,478 "," 36,797 " No Religion Data," 170,610 "," 180,849 "," 188,674 "," 200,220 "," 220,096 " Multiple Religions, 624 , 642 , 703 , 762 , 837