Census 2021: Gender Identity
Below you will find gender identity statistics from Census 2021 for Wales and for local authority areas. This data was only collected from respondents over 16 years of age. 2021 was the first Census which collected this data.
Gender identity at local authority and MSOA level
Census 2021: ONS has issued a useful interactive maps where you can check numbers and proportions of diverse groups by Local Authority areas and smaller areas called MSOA’s. The map is a useful tool and you can use it below.
Gender Identity in Wales
Census 2021 collected gender identity data from over 16’s for the first time. Only 0.4% (10,270) of this population reported that they had gender identity different to sex registered at birth (they were Trans*). This was one of the few questions where respondents had the option not to answer the question (6.3% did so).
Source: Census 2021Where can I find and analyse the Census 2021 data?
If you want to analyse the data yourself, use Census website or the ‘query data’ function on Nomis website.
How can I use this data?
If you are interested in finding out more about how this data can be used as part of your organisation’s equality monitoring or customer profiling:
- Check out our equality monitoring resource page
- Book our training on equality monitoring and/or equality impact assessments
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