Sexual identity of people in the UK 2023, by age

Published by Statista Research Department, Jan 30, 2025

In 2023, approximately 85.5 percent of people aged between 16 and 24 in the United Kingdom identified as being heterosexual, the lowest among the provided age groups. In this year, 7.5 percent of people in this age group identified as being Bisexual, compared with just 0.2 percent of people aged 65 or over.

Sexual identity of people in the United Kingdom in 2022, by age group

CharacteristicHeterosexual or straightGay or lesbianBisexualOtherDon't know or refuse
16-24 85.5% 3% 7.5% 1.6% 2.4%
25-34 91.6% 2.9% 3.4% 1% 1.2%
35-49 94.8% 2.1% 0.8% 0.5% 1.8%
50-64 95.4% 2% 0.4% 0.6% 1.7%
65+ 96.5% 0.7% 0.2% 0.5% 2.1%
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Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Estimated share of populationHeterosexual or straightGay or lesbianBisexualOtherDon't know or refuse16-2425-3435-4950-6465+
0%5%10%15%20%25%30%35%40%45%50%55%60%65%70%75%80%85%90%95%100%105%110%115%

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January 2025

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United Kingdom

Survey time period

2023

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This statistic is using original data from the Office for National Statistics and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0.

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