In 2020, approximately 87.3 percent of people aged between 16 and 24 in the United Kingdom identified as being heterosexual, the lowest among the provided age groups. As of this year, 5.3 percent of people in this age group identified as being Bisexual, compared with just 0.3 percent of people aged 65 or over.
Sexual identity of people in the United Kingdom in 2020, by age group
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Office for National Statistics (UK). (May 25, 2022). Sexual identity of people in the United Kingdom in 2020, by age group [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 28, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/317651/homosexuality-in-the-united-kingdom-by-age/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Sexual identity of people in the United Kingdom in 2020, by age group." Chart. May 25, 2022. Statista. Accessed September 28, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/317651/homosexuality-in-the-united-kingdom-by-age/
Office for National Statistics (UK). (2022). Sexual identity of people in the United Kingdom in 2020, by age group. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 28, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/317651/homosexuality-in-the-united-kingdom-by-age/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Sexual Identity of People in The United Kingdom in 2020, by Age Group." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 May 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/317651/homosexuality-in-the-united-kingdom-by-age/
Office for National Statistics (UK), Sexual identity of people in the United Kingdom in 2020, by age group Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/317651/homosexuality-in-the-united-kingdom-by-age/ (last visited September 28, 2023)
Sexual identity of people in the United Kingdom in 2020, by age group [Graph], Office for National Statistics (UK), May 25, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/317651/homosexuality-in-the-united-kingdom-by-age/