Scottish Household Survey Key Findings

14 Household Characteristics Religious Belonging 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 2009 34% 40% 56% 20% 3% 3% 13% 15% 8% 8% 2014 2019 NONE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND ROMAN CATHOLIC OTHER CHRISTIAN ANOTHER RELIGION The trend of declining religious belonging continued in 2019, with 56% of adults reporting that they did not belong to any religion. This coincided with a sharp decrease since 2009 in the proportion of people who report that they belong to the Church of Scotland, from 34% to 20% of adults. This data has only been collected since 2009. 7 in 10 adults aged 16 to 34 said that they did not belong to a religion Adults aged 60 or over were significantly more likely to belong to Church of Scotland than any other age groups Help Shape Scotland