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Jan 6, 2023 · Getty Images. The 2021 census was the first to ask people about their gender identity and sexual orientation. More than 1.3 million people in England and Wales identify as lesbian, gay or...
Dec 20, 2023 · Society ›. Demographics. LGBTQ+ in the UK - Statistics & Facts. Choose a region: United Kingdom. According to the most recent census in England and Wales, approximately 3.2 percent of the...
- What Were The Census Questions About Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity?
- What Were The Results on Sexual Orientation?
- What Were The Results on Gender Identity?
- Which Areas Have The Biggest LGBT+ Populations?
- Does The Census Data Count The Whole LGBT+ population?
- When Will More Data Become available?
- When Will Data Be Published For The Rest of The UK?
- Further Reading
Two new questions were included on the 2021 census in England and Wales with the aim of collecting data on LGBT+ people. Both questions were optional (unlike most census questions, which are compulsory to answer) and were only asked of respondents aged 16 or over. Respondents were asked the following questions, with the option to tick one response:...
92.5% of respondents aged 16 or over answered the question on sexual orientation, while the remaining 7.5% chose not to. 89.4% of respondents identified as straight or heterosexual. Around 1.5 million people (3.2%) identified as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or another sexual orientation (LGB+). 1.5% of respondents identified as gay or lesbian (around 74...
Around 94.0% of respondents aged 16 or over answered the question on gender identity. 93.5% of respondents said their gender identity and their sex registered at birth were the same. Around 262,000 people (0.5%) said their gender identity and sex registered at birth were different. Not all of those 262,000 people identified explicitly as transgende...
The ONS has published data for small geographical areas known as MSOAs, which typically have a population of 7,000 to 10,000 people. The interactive map below shows the proportion of 16+ year olds in each MSOA who identified in different ways. Each MSOA is represented by a single hexagon, and grouped by local authority and arranged geographically.C...
The LGBT+ population is likely to be larger than the data shows, for several reasons. LGBT+ people aged under 16 aren’t counted and both questions were voluntary. Some of those who chose not to respond might well identify as LGBT+ in other contexts but didn’t wish to share this on the census. The ONS provided census forms to households rather than ...
The ONS will publish more detailed data on sexual orientation and gender identity in the coming months. It will be possible to see how different sexual orientation and gender identity groups compare on other census variables, such as health, housing, education and employment. Analysis of sexual orientation by age and sex will be published on 25 Jan...
The 2021 census in Northern Ireland asked respondents about their sexual orientation, but not their gender identity.Following a public consultation, the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) concluded that there is “limited user need for a question on gender identity”in Northern Ireland. NISRA plans to publish data on sexual orien...
Commons Library, Preparing for the 2021 census (England and Wales) ONS, Sexual orientation, England and Wales: Census 2021 ONS, Gender identity, England and Wales: Census 2021 About the author: Cassie Barton is a statistician at the House of Commons Library, specialising in demography and the census. Photo by beataaldridge, on Adobe Stock, FILE 514...
Jan 6, 2023 · More than 1.3 million people in England and Wales identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual, census data has revealed for the first time. For people aged 16 and over, more than 1.5% - 748,000 ...
Nov 14, 2023 · Demography. Local data. People and places data. Cassie Barton. Find out how many people identify with different sexual orientations and gender identities in your constituency. The 2021 census asked people about their sexual orientation and gender identity, with the aim of producing data about the LGBT+ community.
Feb 7, 2019 · No robust and representative data of the LGBT population in the UK currently exists, although the Office for National Statistics is considering including a sexual orientation question in the...
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Location of the United Kingdom. Status. Homosexuality always legal for women; decriminalised for men in: 1967 (England and Wales) 1981 (Scotland) 1982 (Northern Ireland) Age of consent equalised in 2001. Gender identity. Ability to apply to change legal gender since 2005.
