The Census 2021 data on LGBTQ+ Identity has been released! For the first time ever, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) asked optional questions about LGBTQ+ identity on people over the age of 16. The data sets are split into two sections; Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity. The overall number of people who said they identified as under the LGBTQ+ umbrella in Manchester is 7.7% (Almost 30,000 people!). 

Top 10 highest percentage of LGB+ people by area:

10. University Crescent and Adelphi Street - 13.50%

9. Salford Quays 13.61%

8. Fallowfield 13.75

7. Castlefield Deansgate 13.86%

6. Hulme Park and St. George’s 14.16%

5. University North and Whitworth Street 14.57%

4. New Islington South and Bradford 15.02%

3. City Centre North and Collyhurst 15.11%

2. Greengate and Blackfriars 15.34%

1. Piccadilly and Ancoats 16.96%

Anecdotally, Piccadilly and Ancoats was THE highest percentage LGB+ area I could find outside of Brighton!

Top 10 highest percentage of Trans Men, Trans Women, Non-binary and people who answered ‘Other’ by area:

10. Ardwick 1.41%

9. Hulme Park and St. George’s 1.46%

8. Levenshulme Central 1.53%

7. University North and Whitworth 1.56%

6. Hulme and University 1.64%

5. Victoria Park & Longsight 1.65%

4. Longsight East 1.82%

3. Levenshulme North and East 2.25%

2. Moss Side West 2.26%

1. Rusholme West and Moss Side East 2.42%

So now you know which areas are the Queerest in the city! That should make for a fun pub quiz question?

More detailed analysis of the results of this study will be released on January 25th, so stay tuned until then! Keep up to date with the Census results as they come out, here.