Areas Of The UK With The Most LGBTQ+ Students — Revealed
Ever wondered where the highest population of LGBTQ+ students are living?
For the first time ever, the most recent census asked people about their sexual and gender identity to help form a better picture of diversity across the UK as well as questions around race and ethnicity.
The results for England and Wales have just been published and can easily be seen on this handy interactive map. The data available shows that there are currently around 1.5 million LGBTQ+ people living in England and Wales. You can actually zoom in and very specifically see what area you’re from, which is very cool and super interesting.
However, this doesn’t account for Scotland and Northern Ireland where the data is yet to be released, as well as the fact millions of people either didn’t answer the questions or skipped the census altogether. Plus, when you factor in people who aren’t out yet and the fact that normally one person from each household is responsible for filling out the census, this number is definitely much higher.
Based on the data published, here are the student areas of the UK with the highest percentage of people in the LGBTQ+ community
- Brighton– 11.72% of students identify as part of the LGBTQ+ community
- Cambridge– 8.50%
- Norwich– 8.39%
- Oxford– 8.16%
- Manchester– 7.70%
- Bristol– 6.90%
- York– 6.17%
- Cardiff– 6.04%
- Newcastle– 5.93%
- Exeter– 5.87%
- Nottingham– 5.76%
- Southampton– 5.73%
- Portsmouth– 5.32%
- Liverpool– 5.10%
- Plymouth– 5.02%
- Reading– 5.00%
- Leeds– 4.97%
- Sheffield– 4.63%
- Swansea– 4.61%
- Bath– 4.47%
- Leicester– 4.40%
- Derby– 4.07%
- Coventry– 3.96%
- Birmingham– 3.90%
- Winchester– 3.75%
- Warwick– 3.75%
- Eastbourne– 3.63%
- Durham– 3.23%
It’s no surprise to see that Brighton and Hove takes the top spot, but Cambridge, Norwich, Oxford, Manchester and Bristol aren’t far behind. Remember that while these numbers are a pretty good indication, they’re not 100% accurate and the real numbers are likely much higher, especially as people may have filled out the census using their hometown, rather than their uni town.
You can check out the rest of the census and the full data here.
