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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-19/ ... /104746854
Nearly one in 20 Australians identifies as LGBTQIA+, new ABS data reveals
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More than 910,000 Australians — or 4.5 per cent of the population — identify as LGBTQIA+,
according to the first nationally representative snapshot of Australia's sex- and gender-diverse community.
For the first time, the Australian Bureau of Statistics used data from four national surveys to determine the size and characteristics of the LGBTQIA+ community. The data comes off the back of heated debate about whether questions on sexuality should be included in the Australian census.
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A single question about sexuality doesn't encompass the LGBTQI+ community's complexity and diverse needs, experts and advocates say.
Using the surveys, the ABS were able to extrapolate that 910,600 people were sex- or gender-diverse.
"To put that in context, that's almost the combined population of the ACT and Tasmania. So quite a significant population group," head of health statistics at the ABS Robert Long told reporters during a briefing.
The data found that young Australians aged 16 to 24 were twice as likely as the overall population to identify as LGBTQIA+.