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Sexual orientation, UK: 2020
What's in the bulletin?
- The proportion of the UK population aged 16 years and over identifying as heterosexual or straight was 93.6% in 2020; there has been a decreasing trend since the series began in 2014.
- An estimated 3.1% of the UK population aged 16 years and over identified as lesbian, gay or bisexual (LGB) in 2020, an increase from 2.7% in 2019 and almost double the percentage from 2014 (1.6%).
- The proportion of men in the UK identifying as LGB increased from 1.9% to 3.4% between 2014 and 2020; the proportion of women identifying as LGB has risen from 1.4% to 2.8% over the same period.
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 2020 by region, sex, age, marital or legal partnership status, ethnic group. 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: 2020
Experimental Statistics on sexual orientation in the UK in 2020 by region, sex, age, marital or legal partnership status, ethnic group and socio-economic classification, using data from the Annual Population Survey (APS).
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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 2020 to March 2021
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.