I have found an interesting way of estimating people's beliefs, not only by country, but also by region, city, and even city district. Even better, these stats can be obtained by gender, ethnicity, age, linguistic group, as well as numerous other factors. You may have guessed what I am referring to : dating websites. Choose one of the popular ones in Europe, like match.com or meetic.com, then search a specific region by religious affliliation.
Here is an example for women in the Brussels City on match.com (3401 results) :
1288 non-practising Catholics (37.9%)
745 Atheists (22%)
349 Others (10.3%)
248 practising Muslims (7.3%)
237 Agnostics (7%)
162 practising Catholics (4.7%, only 1/3 of whom are ethnically European)
146 non-practising Muslims
74 non-practising Protestants
52 non-practising Buddhists
44 practising Protestants
36 non-practising Jews
14 practising Buddhists
6 practising Jews
There are more practising Muslims than practising Christians (Catholics and Protestants combined) ! But there are also twice more Atheists and Agnostics than practising Muslims and Christians combined.
For the contrast, let's take a few more upper-middle class suburbs (with less economic immigrants). Here are the results for Uccle, Woluwe, Auderghem and Etterbeek (935 results) :
424 non-practising Catholics (45.3%)
211 Atheists (22.6%)
90 Agnostics (9.6%)
67 Others (7.2%)
59 practising Catholics (6.3%, only 1/3 of whom are ethnic Europeans)
21 non-practising Protestants
16 practising Muslims
13 non-practising Buddhists
11 practising Protestants
10 non-practising Jews
9 non-practising Muslims
3 practising Buddhists
1 practising Jews
The proportion od Muslims passes from 11.6% in Brussels City to 2.7% in the richer suburbs. There are also 5 times more Atheists than practising Christians.
Here is an example for women in the Brussels City on match.com (3401 results) :
1288 non-practising Catholics (37.9%)
745 Atheists (22%)
349 Others (10.3%)
248 practising Muslims (7.3%)
237 Agnostics (7%)
162 practising Catholics (4.7%, only 1/3 of whom are ethnically European)
146 non-practising Muslims
74 non-practising Protestants
52 non-practising Buddhists
44 practising Protestants
36 non-practising Jews
14 practising Buddhists
6 practising Jews
There are more practising Muslims than practising Christians (Catholics and Protestants combined) ! But there are also twice more Atheists and Agnostics than practising Muslims and Christians combined.
For the contrast, let's take a few more upper-middle class suburbs (with less economic immigrants). Here are the results for Uccle, Woluwe, Auderghem and Etterbeek (935 results) :
424 non-practising Catholics (45.3%)
211 Atheists (22.6%)
90 Agnostics (9.6%)
67 Others (7.2%)
59 practising Catholics (6.3%, only 1/3 of whom are ethnic Europeans)
21 non-practising Protestants
16 practising Muslims
13 non-practising Buddhists
11 practising Protestants
10 non-practising Jews
9 non-practising Muslims
3 practising Buddhists
1 practising Jews
The proportion od Muslims passes from 11.6% in Brussels City to 2.7% in the richer suburbs. There are also 5 times more Atheists than practising Christians.