In the Australian Capital Territory, where Chief Minister Andrew Barr is the only openly gay leader of any state or territory, there were 124 same-sex marriages registered up to November 30. The Northern Territory with its smaller population had 45 same-sex weddings …

Australia 2001–2002. The then largest and most thorough survey in Australia was conducted by telephone interview with 19,307 respondents between the ages of 16 and 59 in 2001/2002. The study found that 97.4% of men identified as heterosexual, 1.6% as homosexual and 0.9% as bisexual.

The Australian Census started collecting information on same-sex couples in 1996. According to the 2011 Census, there were 33,700 same-sex couples in Australia, a rise of 32% since 2006 (ABS, 2012). Same-sex couples accounted for 0.7% of all couple households in 2011, compared with …

Research on the subject of how many people are gay poses more questions than answers. Citing the most recent Australian survey conducted by Roy Morgan on the gay population of Australia: the survey suggests there are 4.6% of Australian teenagers who agree with the statement: “I consider myself a homosexual”. This number decreases to 6.5% of people in their 20s, 4.2% of people in their 30s, 2.8% …

In Western Australia, the Acts Amendment (Lesbian and Gay Law Reform) Act 2002 removed all remaining legislative discrimination toward sexual orientation by adding the new definition of "de facto partner" into 62 acts, provisions and statutes and created new family law designed to recognise same-sex couples as de facto relationships.

NUMBER OF SAME-SEX COUPLES LIVING TOGETHER The 2016 Census counted just under 46,800 same-sex couples living together in Australia. This represents a 39% increase since the 2011 Census, which counted 33,700 same-sex couples. Data on same-sex couples first became available in 1996.

Findings shown in Figure 1 consider estimates of the percentage of adults who self-identify as lesbian, gay, or bisexual across nine surveys conducted within the past seven years. Five of those surveys were fielded in the United States and the others are from Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Norway.

Citing the most recent Australian survey conducted by Roy Morgan on the gay population of Australia: the survey suggests there are 4.6% of Australian teenagers who agree with the statement: “I consider myself a homosexual”. This number decreases to 6.5% of people in their 20s, 4.2% of people in their 30s, 2.8% in their 40s and only 1.7% of people aged 50+.

Same-sex couples where relationship reported as De facto Partner Same-sex couples where relationship reported as Husband or Wife Total same-sex couples Opposite sex couples; New South Wales: 12,259: 468: 12,731: 1,488,136: Victoria: 8,319: 403: 8,722: 1,160,882: Queensland: 5,779: 213: 5,986: 938,314: South Australia: 1,845: 82: 1,930: 351,178: Western Australia: 2,491: 80: 2,576: …

The number of people living in a same-sex couple relationship has also increased over the past decade. In 1996, 0.2% of all adults said they were living with a same-sex partner. By 2006, this had increased to 0.4% (to around 50,000 people). However, these figures may be an undercount of the true number of people living in same-sex relationships.

In South Australia, the Statutes Amendment (Domestic Partners) Act 2006 (Number 43), which took effect 1 June 2007, amended 97 acts, dispensing with the term "de facto" and categorising couples as "domestic partners". This meant same-sex couples and any …

21% of of Gay men aged 16 to 27 reported having self-harmed, 40% have had thoughts about harming themselves. 29.8% of Gay men aged 16 and over reported being diagnosed or treated for any mental disorder in the past three years; 23.5% of Gay men aged 16 and over reported being diagnosed or treated for anxiety in the last 3 years