Census: Number of Catholics falls while 1,800 identify as Jedi Knights 

In 1991, over 91% of the population was Roman Catholic. This fell to 88.4% in 2002 while the latest figure of 69% demonstrates the full extent of the decline in the 20 years since.

There has been a significant decrease in the number of people identifying as Roman Catholic, according to the 2022 Census, falling from 79% of the population in 2016 to 69%.

In real terms, this was a fall of 180,783 people, to 3.51 million.