Demographics
Demographics questions were asked at the end of the survey, with an answer rate of two out of three participants.
Sexual orientation (N=425)
Some people who experience attraction to more than one gender or regardless of gender may self-describe using sexual orientation terms other than bisexual. Respondents were able to select multiple terms.
- Bisexual: 67%
- Queer: 61%
- Pansexual: 26%
- Biromantic: 17%
- Gay: 12%
- Panromantic: 10%
- Asexual: 8%
- Straight/Heterosexual: 5%
- Bi-Curious: 4%
- Lesbian: 4%
Location (N=313)
The majority, 72%, of respondents stated that they lived in Scotland, with 23% living in England. Only 1.3% lived in Wales and 0.3% in Northern Ireland. A further 3.2% of respondents stated that they currently lived elsewhere.
Gender identity and trans history (N=289 and N=310)
The majority, 54%, of respondents identified as women, 21% as men and 23.5% as non-binary. In the follow-up question about trans identity/history, 23% of respondents said that they were trans, and 6% answered “other”. Most of those 6% mentioned exploring their gender as the reason for this.
Ages of respondents (N=310)
Most participants were within the age ranges of 26–35 years old, at 34%, and 36–45 years old, at 28%. Other larger age groups were 46–55 years old, at 16%, and 16–25 years old, at 13%. People aged 56–65 years old accounted for 6%. All other age groups were less than 1% of the total. The complete distribution can be seen in the graph below.
- under age 16: 1%
- age 16-25: 13%
- age 26-35: 34%
- age 36-45: 28%
- age 46-55: 16%
- age 56-65: 6%
- age 66-75: 2%
- age 76-85: 0.3%
- over age 85: 0.3%
Ethnicity (N=308)
The majority of respondents described their ethnicity[5] as either white Scottish, at 43%, white British, at 39%, or other white ethnic groups[6] at 22%. Nearly 3% of respondents described their ethnicity as African, Black or Caribbean, and 2% as Asian. Respondents of mixed ethnicity, Jewish, Traveller[7], Indigenous Australian[8] and Native American[9] accounted for less than 1% each.
- white Scottish: 43%
- white British: 39%
- other white: 22%
- African, Black or Caribbean: 3%
- Asian: 2%
- mixed: 1%
- Jewish: 0.3%
- Traveller: 0.3%
- Indigenous Australian: 0.3%
- Native American: 0.3%
Religion or belief (N=229)
Participants were given the option of writing in their religion/belief instead of a drop-down menu of options, and some wrote more than one. The largest group, 66%, were those who stated that they have no religious beliefs, were agnostic, atheist or Humanist. The largest group after this, 12%, identified with some form of Christian religion, 10% were Pagan and 3% were Jewish. Just over 2% were Buddhists. Baha’i and Muslim people accounted for less than 1% each. A further 9% gave a diverse range of other religions and beliefs.
Disability (N=308)
57% of respondents stated that they were disabled. Out of these 178 disabled respondents, 30% stated that they were neurodivergent, 16% had physical impairments, and 27% did not specify what impairments they had.
Footnotes
- Respondents were able to select more than one answer. (Return to reference [5])
- This includes white Irish at 6%, white Polish at 0.3%, and “any other white ethnic group” at 16%. (Return to reference [6])
- Term used by the respondent. (Return to reference [7])
- Term used by the respondent. (Return to reference [8])
- Term used by the respondent. (Return to reference [9])
