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| More young people in the UK identify as LGB, ONS finds | More young people in the UK identify as LGB, ONS finds |
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| Around one in 25 young people in the UK identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual, new figures suggest. | Around one in 25 young people in the UK identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual, new figures suggest. |
| The Office for National Statistics said 4.1% of 16 to 24-year-olds identified as LGB, up from 3.3% in 2015. | The Office for National Statistics said 4.1% of 16 to 24-year-olds identified as LGB, up from 3.3% in 2015. |
| Across all ages, the ONS noted a "statistically significant increase", with 2% of the population - more than a million people - identifying as LGB last year, compared with 1.7% in 2015. | Across all ages, the ONS noted a "statistically significant increase", with 2% of the population - more than a million people - identifying as LGB last year, compared with 1.7% in 2015. |
| Some 2.3% of UK men said they were LGB, compared with 1.6% of women. | Some 2.3% of UK men said they were LGB, compared with 1.6% of women. |
| Scotland had the highest LGB population in the UK last year, with 2.2%, while England followed with 1.9%. | |
| Northern Ireland and Wales both reported an LBG population of 1.7%. | |
| London remained the region with the highest proportion of the population identifying as LGB, 2.7% - a slight rise on the previous year's figure of 2.6%. | |
| The north west of England had the second highest proportion of the population identifying as LGB, at 2.3%. | |
| In contrast the east of England had the lowest proportion, where 1.2% of the population identified as LGB. | |
| ONS statistician Emily Knipe said London's leading position could be down to its "relatively young and diverse population". | ONS statistician Emily Knipe said London's leading position could be down to its "relatively young and diverse population". |
| She pointed out that in London, the median age of the population was 34.8 years last year, compared with 41.5 years in the east of England. | |
| Ethnic divide | |
| Some 4.3% of the population with a mixed ethnicity identified as LBG, compared to 2% of the white population, while 0.9% of Asians and 0.9% of black, African or Caribbean people did so. | |
| More than half of the mixed ethnic LBG community (2.4%) identified themselves as bisexual compared with those who identified as gay or lesbian (1.9%). | |
| Just over 70% of the LGB population were most likely to be single, never married or civil partnered, the figures suggested, a pattern thought to reflect the young age structure of the community, as well as the fairly recent introduction of same-sex marriage in 2014. | |
| Of the 2% of the UK population identifying as LGB, 1.2% said they were gay or lesbian, while 0.8% identified as bisexual. | |
| Women are more likely to identify as bisexual than men, the ONS said. | |
| Some 0.5% of the population identified as "other", meaning they did not consider themselves to be lesbian, gay, bisexual or straight. | Some 0.5% of the population identified as "other", meaning they did not consider themselves to be lesbian, gay, bisexual or straight. |
| Meanwhile, 4.1% said they "did not know" or refused to comment. | |
| The ONS estimates are based on data from the Annual Population Survey and measure sexual identity, which does not necessarily reflect sexual attraction or behaviour. | The ONS estimates are based on data from the Annual Population Survey and measure sexual identity, which does not necessarily reflect sexual attraction or behaviour. |