In 2022, approximately 93.4 percent of the population of the United Kingdom identified themselves as being straight or heterosexual, compared with 1.8 percent who identified as either Gay or Lesbian, 1.5 percent as Bisexual, 0.6 percent as Other and 2.7 percent who did not know, or refused to answer.
Sexual identity of people in the United Kingdom from 2014 to 2022
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Office for National Statistics (UK). (September 27, 2023). Sexual identity of people in the United Kingdom from 2014 to 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 10, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/317611/uk-population-sexual-identity/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Sexual identity of people in the United Kingdom from 2014 to 2022." Chart. September 27, 2023. Statista. Accessed November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/317611/uk-population-sexual-identity/
Office for National Statistics (UK). (2023). Sexual identity of people in the United Kingdom from 2014 to 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/317611/uk-population-sexual-identity/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Sexual Identity of People in The United Kingdom from 2014 to 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Sep 2023, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/317611/uk-population-sexual-identity/
Office for National Statistics (UK), Sexual identity of people in the United Kingdom from 2014 to 2022 Statista, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/317611/uk-population-sexual-identity/ (last visited November 10, 2024)
Sexual identity of people in the United Kingdom from 2014 to 2022 [Graph], Office for National Statistics (UK), September 27, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/317611/uk-population-sexual-identity/
