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Sexual orientation and gender identity Census 2021 release

4 April 2023

These pre-built flexible datasets allow users to choose and change the area type and coverage of SOGI data, and combine with other variables. This information comes from two new, voluntary questions on Census 2021 for people aged 16 and over. The questions were introduced to fill an evidence gap users identified and which, they told us, would help them better shape public services. 

This release follows on from last week’s launch of the ‘create a custom dataset’ tool, and is the next step in our ambition to enable users to find the data they need, and to look for interactions between topics that are important to them.

Interpreting the data

As part of today's release, we have published a blog explaining what is included and what users should be aware of when looking at the data. We would recommend reading this blog to help you understand and make best use of the data in today's release.

What’s coming next?

We will be publishing further pre-built multivariate tables in the coming days and weeks. Similar to today’s release, these will provide the greatest level of detail we can while still protecting confidentiality and will cover dwellings and families. You can find out more about upcoming multivariate releases on the ONS website. We have also published a blog explaining the new ways to access Census 2021 data on the National Statistical website.

Contact

Contact us   

For further information, please contact us via the below email addresses:

Local authority partners: outreach.engagement.LA@ONS.gov.uk

Community partners: outreach.engagement.community@ons.gov.uk

University partners: outreach.engagement.universities@ons.gov.uk

Questions regarding census outputs or data: census.customer.services@ons.gov.uk

Please note: if we receive delivery failures, we will remove the email address from the subscribers’ list after two failed attempts

For more information, please visit ons.gov.uk/census or census.gov.uk