Religion
We ask all our new starters to declare their religion when they apply for a role with us. Completion of the monitoring form is voluntary, and we offer the option of ‘prefer not to say’ for those who do complete the form. The majority of our colleagues are Christian or have declared no religion, so we have calculated our pay gap by comparing the pay of those who have declared a non-Christian religion against those who have declared they are Christian or have no religion. There has been a reduction in the proportion of unknown or prefer not to say following campaigns to encourage colleagues to provide the data:
| 2023 | 2022 | |||
| Religious belief | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage |
| Buddhist | 3 | 0.4% | 3 | 0.4% |
| Christian | 279 | 38.6% | 276 | 37.2% |
| Jewish | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% |
| Muslim | 3 | 0.4% | 3 | 0.4% |
| No religion | 290 | 40.2% | 254 | 34.3% |
| Other | 19 | 2.6% | 20 | 2.7% |
| Sikh | 3 | 0.4% | 4 | 0.5% |
| Unknown/prefer not to say | 124 | 17.2% | 180 | 24.3% |
| 722 | 741 | |||
Mean and median religious pay gap
Calculating the pay gap between those who declare themselves to be a non-Christian vs those who declare a Christian religion, no religious belief or who have not declared their religious belief:
- Our mean religious pay gap was 6.5
This means that on average, colleagues in Beyond Housing who declare they hold non-Christian religious beliefs are paid 6.5% less than those with Christian, no religion, unknown religion or who prefer not to say. This is a slight reduction from the previous year which was 6.8%.
- Our median religious pay gap was 0.7
This means the average colleague who declares they hold non-Christian religious beliefs are paid 0.7% less than those with Christian, no religion, unknown religion or who prefer not to say. This is a decrease on the previous year which was 1.4%.
Pay quartiles
| Non-Christian religion | Christian/no religion/unknown | |
| Lower % | 6% (+) | 94% (-) |
| Lower middle % | 3% (-) | 97% (+) |
| Upper middle % | 4% (-) | 96% (+) |
| Upper % | 4% (+) | 96% (-) |
Commentary on religious pay gap
Our religious pay gap data indicates that, despite some changes in the data, our colleagues who declare a non-Christian religion are still fairly evenly distributed across the quartiles. There has been an increase in new starter colleagues declaring ‘other’ as their religion.
