The importance of being "Christian" for the British (some statistics)

This report came out almost a year ago (Jan, 2013) but:
(emphasis mine)

"[T]hink tank British Future looks at what it means to be British. Among a wealth of fascinating data, the poll conducted for the organisation finds that just 7% of Britons agree that being Christian is an important attribute for being British.

This compares with 50% who say that Britishness equates with respect for people’s right to free speech – even if you don’t agree with them, 46% with respect for the law, 41% with speaking English, 38% with treating men and women equally, 29% with respect for all ethnic backgrounds, 26% with respect for all faiths, 26% with being born here, and 21% with voting in elections. Only being white (6%) scores lower than being Christian.

Demographically, the number citing being Christian peaks among the over-45s (11%), those with no formal educational qualifications (11%), and readers of right wing newspapers such as the Daily Mail and Daily Express (12%).

In answer to another question, tensions between different religions are (at 26%) the sixth most cited (of ten) causes of division in British society, after tensions between immigrants and people born in Britain (57%), between tax payers and welfare claimants (47%), between rich and poor (35%), between different ethnicities (33%), and between tax payers and tax avoiders (32%). However, tensions between different religions are ranked lower (seventh, at 16%) as a cause of division in the respondent’s local area. All percentages are the sums of those ranking each cause in first, second or third position."

source 

read the full report here (pdf)

*I'm not sure what credibility this think tank has nor am I motivated enough to look at the methodology, its sample, or its analysis but I figured I'ld post it here for whatever convenience. 

There is a book, Church Growth in Britain: 1980 to the Present edited by David Goodhew (Durham) for which I had the opportunity to attend its lecture and booklaunch - last year I think. What I recall taking away from the lecture was that there was a dramatic decline beginning from the early 80s but in the 90s church growth began to occur (lumping all Christianities together) but particular to region (there are also areas of decline) as opposed to nationwide and that the primary source of such growth was due to immigrant and minority ethnic communities.