2011 Census: Muslims and Sikhs most likely to feel British

06 Jun 2013 Muslims and Sikhs are the religious groups most likely to feel British, according to new analysis of the 2011 Census by University of Manchester researchers. Sixty two per cent of Sikhs, 57 per cent of Muslims and 54 per cent of Hindus describe their national identity as British only they say. The figure is only 15 per cent for Christians. However, 65 per cent of Christians and 54 per cent of Jews are the most likely to feel English, find the team based at the University's Centre on Dynamics of Ethnicity (CoDE). In England, three-fifths of the population do not identify with a British national identity, and only see themselves as English, whereas ethnic minority groups are much more likely to describe themselves as British. And Bangladeshis are more likely than any other ethnic group to say they are British only, they add, The research, argues Dr Stephen Jivraj, is at odds with the Coalition government's plans to promote mainstream British values across England. Dr Jivraj said: "Though the 2011 Census allowed people to report multiple identities from English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish, British and Other, nine in ten people reported a single national identity.