West Midlands: Sexual orientation

Location Type: Metropolitan Counties, ONS Geographic Code: E11000005

Key Facts

All Residents	2,919,653
Male	1,433,051
Female	1,486,603
Households	1,131,763

The ONS doesn't publish census data directly for Metropolitan Counties. The figures on this page are aggregated from census areas contained within West Midlands. They may not, therefore, be precisely accurate. Age-standardised statistics and population density are not available for aggregated datasets.

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Table Code	ts077
Issued	2023-01-06
Unit of Measure	Person
Number of Response Options	6

Description
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This dataset provides Census 2021 estimates that classify usual residents aged 16 years and over in England and Wales by sexual orientation. The estimates are as at Census Day, 21 March 2021.

Summary

Classifies people according to the responses to the sexual orientation question. This question was voluntary and was only asked of people aged 16 years and over.

More information at the ONS website

Sexual orientation: Total: All usual residents aged 16 years and over	2,301,058
Straight or Heterosexual	2,046,109
Gay or Lesbian	27,664
Bisexual	25,376
All other sexual orientations	7,714
Not answered	194,195

These values are calculated by adding up the values for census output areas contained within West Midlands. They may, therefore, be slightly inaccurate due to administrative boundaries not precisely aligning with census boundaries.

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