LGBT+ population younger, income varies between groups – news story
8 June 2026
The latest data from the Household Income and Living Survey estimated that 4.8 percent of those aged 15 years and over identified as LGBT+ in the year ended June 2025, according to figures released by Stats NZ today.
In these statistics, the LGBT+ population includes people who are transgender and non-binary, and/or people with a minority sexual identity (a sexual identity other than heterosexual). It does not include people born with variations of sex characteristics (also known as intersex variations). A person can belong to more than one group within the LGBT+ community, meaning they may be represented in more than one sub-population.
“Six in 10 people in the LGBT+ population were between 15 and 34 years old in the year ended June 2025. This compares with three in 10 people in the non-LGBT+ population,” household financial statistics spokesperson Victoria Treliving said.
