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# Straight facts on LGBT+ numbers: Just 5% identify as LGBT+, most are white and unemployed
- URL: https://goodoil.news/straight-facts-on-lgbt-numbers-just-5-identify-as-lgbt-most-are-white-and-unemployed/
- Published: 2025-05-10T01:06:38.000Z
- Updated: 2025-05-10T05:25:49.000Z
- Description: Transgender people make up just 0.5% of the population.
- Author: Centrist
- Tags: News

Summarised by [Centrist](https://centrist.nz/?ref=goodoil.news)

**New figures released by Stats NZ show that only 5% of New Zealand adults identify as LGBT+, with transgender people making up just 0.5% of the population.** 

**Not only do the numbers reveal serious inequalities within the LGBT+ community, but they also confirm the group is smaller and less diverse than many may assume.**

Based on the Household Economic Survey of nearly 29,000 people, the data shows 96% of New Zealanders identify as heterosexual. Among the 4% who identify as sexual minorities, 1.6% are gay or lesbian, 2.1% bisexual, and 0.7% fall into other categories.

LGBT+ individuals were significantly more likely to report poor outcomes across a range of 

indicators. They were:

- Twice as likely to be unemployed
- Twice as likely to report having a disability
- Twice as likely to suffer from depression
- 1.5 times more likely to experience anxiety

Ethnic breakdowns showed Māori had the highest LGBT+ identification rate at 7%, followed by Pākehā at 5%. Despite the prominence of rainbow branding in diversity policies, 77% of the LGBT+ population is white.

![Straight facts on LGBT+ numbers: Just 5% identify as LGBT+, most are white and unemployed - Centrist](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXdBHFTqJ9GKi4BGNSgOpUcbMkDKp1Kk3LxfgdwIrGGOZavEXDNA9FVBLpUCSjs7wkctr6ZP__aWxv6Dcpw03zFFZZbnF0glg1d-bGRUYy-RvG92oVW04mYjxQ9eW_KDSTpwCUcOyQ?key=zNGpfdekkzMRXWc54PTJWw "Straight facts on LGBT+ numbers: Just 5% identify as LGBT+, most are white and unemployed 1")

[**Read more over at Stats NZ**](https://www.stats.govt.nz/information-releases/lgbt-population-of-aotearoa-new-zealand-year-ended-june-2023/?ref=goodoil.news)

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