Children at church-related activities 2003

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			Children attending non-worship activities:				Adults working with children aged		Children per adult
Ref No.		Diocese	5 - 7 years		8 - 10 years		5 - 10 years
1		Bath & Wells	1,300		1,600		1,400		2.1
2		Birmingham	2,600		3,800		1,600		4.0
3		Blackburn	4,800		5,700		2,500		4.2
4		Bradford	900		900		600		3.0
5		Bristol	1,700		1,700		1,200		2.8
6		Canterbury	2,300		2,600		1,500		3.3
7		Carlisle	1,300		1,600		700		4.1
8		Chelmsford	4,700		6,000		2,600		4.1
9		Chester	3,300		4,100		2,000		3.7
10		Chichester	4,200		5,100		2,600		3.6
11		Coventry	1,500		1,900		1,000		3.4
12		Derby	1,400		1,900		1,000		3.3
13		Durham	3,500		4,500		1,100		7.3
14		Ely	1,200		1,600		1,100		2.5
15		Exeter	2,100		2,800		1,200		4.1
16		Gloucester	1,900		1,500		1,100		3.1
17		Guildford	2,700		2,700		1,500		3.6
18		Hereford	800		900		700		2.4
19		Leicester	1,200		1,300		900		2.8
20		Lichfield	4,900		5,900		2,100		5.1
21		Lincoln	2,400		2,500		1,000		4.9
22		Liverpool	4,300		5,100		2,000		4.7
23		London	7,400		9,300		5,500		3.0
24		Manchester *	4,700		5,700		2,800		3.7
25		Newcastle	1,200		2,700		900		4.3
26		Norwich	1,600		1,800		1,000		3.4
27		Oxford	4,000		5,700		3,200		3.0
28		Peterborough	2,000		1,800		1,300		2.9
29		Portsmouth	1,400		1,600		1,000		3.0
30		Ripon & Leeds	2,000		2,700		1,300		3.6
31		Rochester	2,900		3,300		1,900		3.3
32		St. Albans	3,400		4,000		2,200		3.4
33		St. Edms & Ipswich	1,400		1,600		1,000		3.0
34		Salisbury	2,000		2,000		1,400		2.9
35		Sheffield	2,400		2,900		1,200		4.4
36		Sodor & Man	600		200		100		8.0
37		Southwark **	6,000		7,200		2,800		4.7
38		Southwell	2,200		3,100		1,300		4.1
39		Truro	2,800		2,500		500		10.6
40		Wakefield	2,000		2,100		1,100		3.7
41		Winchester	3,600		4,800		1,900		4.4
42		Worcester	1,900		2,000		800		4.9
43		York	2,300		3,100		1,500		3.6
44		Europe	500		400		500		1.8
Totals CHURCH OF ENGLAND			113,000		136,000		67,000		3.7
Notes:	1.	A special question asked for numbers of children attending activities other than worship connected with the church, generally over the month of October 2003. It also asked the number of adults working through the church/parish with children aged 5 to 10 years at that time.
	2.	*Figures for Diocese of Manchester are estimates.
	3.	**Child figures for Diocese of Southwark are estimates.