been looking at the data from the office for national statistics. this is the first time the census has asked these questions and it was that it was important to do so because the population was more diverse. in 2001 one on ethnicity and religion, and now on gender identity. questions were voluntary and four respondents aged 16 and over. on the sexual orientation question, almost 45 million people responded and over. on the sexual orientation question, almost 45 million people responded and 43.5 over. on the sexual orientation question, almost 45 million people responded and 43.5 million over. on the sexual orientation question, almost 45 million people responded and 43.5 million identify as straight or heterosexual. 1.5% described themselves as lesbian or gay, 1.3% as bisexual, so around 1.4 million people in total, and not .3% as of the sexual orientations like asexual, which is little or no sexual attraction and it s this level of detail as we go through the numbers that s interesti
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Time
Census
Questions
Office-for-national-statistics
Population
Sexual-orientation
Gender-identity
Respondents
Ethnicity
Religion
16
but that s all from me. more than 1.3 million people in england and wales who answered a voluntary question on sexual orientation in the 2021 census identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual. earlier i spoke to our correspondent lauren moss, who has been looking at the data from the office for national statistics. so, if we look at the sexual orientation question first, almost 45 million people responded. 43.5 million, nearly 90%, identify as straight or heterosexual. 1.5% described themselves as lesbian or gay. 1.3% as bisexual, so around 1.4 million people in total. and 0.3% as other sexual orientations like asexual, which means little or no sexual attraction. this level of detail is interesting when you put it on a map to see where people fill and what we re saying there isn t that surprising. you got larger proportions are people saying they are lesbian
People
Sexual-orientation
Wall
England
Wales
Lesbian
Census
Identify
Gay-or-bisexual
1-3-million
2021
Data
the population identified a straight. 1.5% as lesbian or gay. 1.3% is bisexual. and no .3% as other sexual orientations which could mean a sexual which means little or no sexual attraction. this level of detail is interesting when you put it on a map to see where people fill and what we re saying there isn t that surprising. you got larger proportions are people saying they are lesbian gay or bisexual in cities like london, manchester where there are younger populations of people. we are going to get more data on those people, ethnicity and employment as the weeks go on. so are employment as the weeks go on. so we will aet employment as the weeks go on. so we will get more employment as the weeks go on. so we will get more of employment as the weeks go on. so we will get more of a employment as the weeks go on. so we will get more of a breakdown. employment as the weeks go on. so we will get more of a breakdown. when you look at that it is interesting to see that 7.5% chose not
Population
Gay
Straight
1-3
1-5
People
Isn-t
Level
Sexual-orientations
Isexual
Detail
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