The real Numbers

Integrated Household Survey April 2010 to

March 2011: Experimental Statistics

Headline experimental statistics

Source: Office for National Statistics

These figures show the inordinate amount of Power and Influence minority groups have in this country sometimes to the detriment of the majority. The percentages will shock you for if were to believe the hype of these pressure groups the percentages would be a lot higher. So ask your MP why are the majority being ignored

• 1.5% of adults in the United Kingdom identified themselves as Gay/Lesbian or Bisexual

• 69% of people in Great Britain stated that they had a religious affiliation with Christianity

• 89% of people in the United Kingdom consider themselves in the White ethnic group

• across the UK, 80% of men and 78% of women report that they perceive themselves to be In good health

• 94 per cent of adults identified themselves as Heterosexual/Straight

• 1 per cent of the surveyed population, approximately 490,000 adults, identified themselves as Gay

or Lesbian

• 0.5 per cent of the surveyed population, approximately 239,000 adults, identified themselves as

Bisexual

• 0.4 per cent as ‘Other’

• 3.6 per cent of adults stated they ‘Don’t know’ or Refused the question

• 0.7 per cent of respondents provided ‘No response’ to the question

Table 3
Religion:1,2,3,4,5 by Country, April 2010 to March 2011
Great Britain				Percentages
	England	Wales	Scotland	Great Britain
Christian	68.5	66.1	69.6	68.5
Buddhist	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.4
Hindu	1.5	0.5	0.3	1.3
Jewish	0.5	0.1	0.1	0.4
Muslim	4.9	1.2	1.3	4.4
Sikh	0.8	0.1	0.1	0.7
Any other religion	1.1	1.2	1.1	1.1
No religion at all	22.4	30.6	27.2	23.2
1 Respondents were asked the question ' What is your religion, even if you are not currently practising?' which
measures religious affiliation - that is identification with a religion irrespective of actual practice or belief.
2 The total number of eligible responders to the question was 413,832.
3 There are differences in the question for religious affiliation in Northern Ireland, therefore estimates are only for Great
Britain rather than UK.
4 Changes have been made to religion questions in January 2011 in line with Census 2011 data collection.
5 Percentages may not add to 100 per cent due to rounding
Source: Office for National Statistics

Ethnicity:1,2,3,4 by Region, April 2010 to March 2011
United Kingdom						Percentages
	White	Mixed	Asian or	Black or	Chinese	Other
			Asian	Black		ethnic
			British	British		group
North East	96.0	0.5	1.8	0.6	0.4	0.8
North West	90.9	0.9	5.1	1.4	0.4	1.2
Yorkshire and The Humber	90.4	1.0	6.0	1.3	0.3	1.1
East Midlands	90.6	1.0	5.3	1.6	0.4	1.1
West Midlands	84.7	1.2	9.6	2.8	0.3	1.4
East of England	91.6	1.4	3.6	1.9	0.4	1.2
London	63.9	3.0	14.2	11.2	1.2	6.5
South East	92.0	1.3	3.8	1.3	0.3	1.4
South West	96.3	0.8	1.2	0.6	0.1	1.0
Wales	96.2	0.7	1.6	0.4	0.2	0.9
Scotland	96.6	0.5	1.6	0.4	0.3	0.6
Northern Ireland	98.3	0.2	0.5	0.1	0.4	0.5
UK	88.7	1.2	5.4	2.5	0.4	1.8
1 The total number of eligible responders to the question was 420,695.
2 The six category aggregated ethnicity variable is reported in the table.
3 Changes have been made to ethnicity questions in January 2011.
4 Percentages may not add to 100 per cent due to rounding

http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/dcp171778_227150.pdf