Census 2021: More than 250,000 people in England and Wales say gender identity is different from sex at birth

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Census 2021: More than 250,000 people in England and Wales say gender identity is different from sex at birth
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The voluntary question on gender identity, asked for the first time in the census, shows that 0.5% of residents in England and Wales do not identify with their sex registered at birth.

More than 250,000 people identify as a gender that is different to their sex registered at birth, according to the 2021 census.

In all, 262,000 people over 16 in England and Wales, or 0.5% of the population, said their identity was different in a voluntary question included in the census for the first time.Overall, 94% of the population answered the question on gender identity and 92.5% of the population answered the question on sexual orientation.

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