Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Where do the majority of Jedi Knights live in England and Wales?

There is a greater chance of meeting a Jedi Knight in the south of England

Star Wars fans dressed as Jedi Knights at the London Film and Comic Con 2014 in Earls Court, west London, on 13 July, 2014

There are over 176,000 Jedi Knights living in England and Wales.

The Force is strongest in the local authority of Leeds, where 2,812 Jedi live, closely followed by Brighton and Hove with 2,636 and Bristol with 2,310.

The authorities where the Dark Side is strongest are the Isles of Scilly, where 14 Jedi live, and the City of London, which has 34.

Mapping company Esri UK created a map showing where in England and Wales people stated their religion as Jedi Knight in the 2011 census.

The map shows there is a greater chance of meeting a Jedi in the south of England - the darker the green shading is, the higher percentage of Jedi Knights living in the area.

The release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens has boosted the number of people joining the Church of Jediism, with more than 1,000 people joining the group each day.

In the 2011 census, 176,632 people registered as Jedi Knights, making it the largest single religious category after Buddhism.