1.5% of the Brish populatn is gay, says the Office for Natnal Statistics. See who liv where, how they are employed - and how likely they are to be smokers
Contents:
- GAY BRA: SI THE ONS STATISTICS
- NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO INTIFY AS GAY, LBIAN, OR BISEXUAL THE UK 2014-2020
- THE ARE THE PARTS OF THE UK WH THE MOST LBIAN, GAY AND BISEXUAL PEOPLE
- IS 10% OF THE POPULATN REALLY GAY?
GAY BRA: SI THE ONS STATISTICS
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NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO INTIFY AS GAY, LBIAN, OR BISEXUAL THE UK 2014-2020
Gay people are much more likely to be managerial or profsnal occupatns – 49% pared wh 30% for straight workers - and better ted, wh 38% holdg a gree. Their age profile is also much younger than the rt of the populatn, wh 66% unr the age of 44 and 17% aged 16 to 24… Jt over 45% of the gay muny are habg, although only 8% live a hoehold wh at least one child prent.
THE ARE THE PARTS OF THE UK WH THE MOST LBIAN, GAY AND BISEXUAL PEOPLE
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However, prev surveys found 16-24-year-olds are more likely to intify as lbian, gay or bisexual, and recent years there has been a small gradual cle the number of people intifyg as exclively straight.
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IS 10% OF THE POPULATN REALLY GAY?
This reprents a ntuatn of a trend that has been observed back to 2014, where a higher proportn of men than women intify as gay or lbian and a higher proportn of women than men intify as bisexual.