Religion

For both children in residential care and children in households, the most common response was that they had no religion. This proportion was higher in residential care settings (78%) than in households (62%; Figure 5). A lower proportion of children in residential care were Christian (9%) compared to households (26%).

Figure 5: Most children in residential care and households were of no religion, although the proportion was higher for those in residential care.

Percentage of children living in residential care and households by religion, in 2022 [note 1].

[note 1] Other religion includes: Buddhist, Hindu, Jewish, Sikh, Pagan and the Other religion category.