BRADFORD has the smallest amount of people in the North who identify as the same gender now as they were at birth, according to the 2021 Census.

The survey shows 91.71 per cent of residents in the city said they identified as the same gender as at birth - one of the lowest rates in the country.

Data from the 2021 census for England and Wales is being published in stages over two years.

Read: How Bradford has changed over the last decade, according to the 2021 Census

It is the first time figures on sexual orientation and gender identity have been included, with people aged 16 and over asked to provide this information on a voluntary basis.

0.41 per cent of people in Bradford identified as a different gender from birth.

The city, along with Leeds, was amongst the highest in the north for those identifying as trans women (0.12 per cent each).

While Bradford has the highest percentage of trans men (0.13 per cent) in West Yorkshire.

0.04 per cent identified as non-binary while 0.03 per cent selected the 'other gender' box.

The question was not answered by the remaining 7.57 per cent of people.

Overall, 262,000 people said their gender identity was different from their sex registered at birth, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.

1.5 million people in England and Wales identified with an LGB+ sexual orientation – this represents 0.5 per cent of the population aged 16 and over.

The ONS data shows 10,064 people in Bradford identified as having a sexual orientation other than heterosexual.

In Bradford, 88.86 per cent of people identified as straight, 1.08 per cent as gay and 1.01 per cent as bisexual. 

The 'other' category was selected by 0.30 per cent of people, making it one of the highest in the North.

The question was not answered by the remaining 8.76 per cent of people.

The charity Stonewall said the publication of data on sexual orientation and gender identity in the census “means our country knows itself a little better today.”

Chief executive Nancy Kelley said: “For the past two centuries of data gathering through our national census, LGBTQ+ people have been invisible, with the stories of our communities, our diversity, and our lives missing from the national record.

“Today is a historic step forward after decades of Stonewall campaigning to record sexual orientation and gender identity in the census, finally painting an accurate picture of the diverse ‘Rainbow Britain’ that we now live in.”