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Data released from the United Kingdom’s 2021 census has shown that young people are more likely to be open about their sexuality and identify as LGBTQ+ than previous generations.

The New census data, which captured the size of England and Wales’ LGBTQ+ population for the first time, has now shared a breakdown of the community by age and sex.

The statistics, which were published on Wednesday, the 25th of January, showed that people in the 16-24 age group had the highest proportion of lesbian, gay and bisexual people, with almost 7% (436,000) identifying as either lesbian, gay, or bi (the data did not consider gender identity).

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This is more than twice the average population percentage of 3.16 per cent in the UK.

The data also highlighted that within the age bracket, 4% (252,000 people) identified as bisexual, with women being twice as likely as men to identify as bisexual.

English males were also more likely to identify as LGB+ than their Welsh counterparts, with 3.02% in England and 2.65% in Wales – While for women, the percentages were almost identical, with 3.32% in England and 3.33% in Wales.

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