Highlights
Sexual orientation, UK: 2017
What's in the bulletin?
- The proportion of the UK population aged 16 years and over identifying as heterosexual or straight has decreased from 94.4% in 2012 to 93.2% in 2017.
- Over the last five years, the proportion of the UK population identifying as lesbian, gay or bisexual (LGB) has increased from 1.5% in 2012 to 2.0% in 2017, although the latest figure is unchanged from 2016.
- In 2017, there were an estimated 1.1 million people aged 16 years and over identifying as LGB out of a UK population aged 16 years and over of 52.8 million.
Subnational sexual identity estimates, UK: 2013 to 2015
Annual Population Survey sexual identity estimates for UK by sex and age group, for selected English counties, and for local authorities in England, Wales and Scotland.Datasets related to Sexual identity
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Sexual orientation, UK
Sexual orientation in the UK from 2012 to 2017 by region, sex, age, marital status, ethnicity and National Statistics Socio-economic Classification.
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Sexual Identity by Gender by Country
Sexual identity estimates by gender from 2010 to 2014. This is presented at a UK level, and broken down by England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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Sexual Identity lesbian, gay and bisexual population by Occupation by Country
Sexual identity estimates by occupation 2014. This is presented at a UK level, and broken down by England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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Sexual Identity, subnational
Subnational sexual identity for 2013 to 2015
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Cigarette smoking by Sexual Identity, by Country
Smoking estimates by sexual identity, 2014. This is presented at a UK level, and broken down by England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Publications related to Sexual identity
Statistical bulletins
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Sexual orientation, UK: 2017
Experimental statistics on sexual orientation in the UK in 2017 by region, sex, age, marital status, ethnicity and socio-economic classification.
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Integrated Household Survey (Experimental statistics): January to December 2014
Sexual identity, smoking prevalence and perceived general health using data from the Integrated Household Survey.
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Personal well-being in the UK: April 2018 to March 2019
Estimates of life satisfaction, feeling that the things done in life are worthwhile, happiness and anxiety at the UK, country, regional, county and local authority level.