UK population sexual identity by age 2023 | Statista

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

Characteristic	Heterosexual or straight	Gay or lesbian	Bisexual	Other	Don'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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January 2025

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United Kingdom

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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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