Demographics Report iMatter Survey 2025

Footnotes

1 People in work - Scotland's Labour Market Insights: April 2025 - gov.scot

2 Scotland’s Census 2022 - Sexual orientation and trans status or history | Scotland's Census

3 Chapter 2: Data about disabled people in Scotland - Disability Equality Plan Equality Impact Assessment Executive Summary - gov.scot

4 Scotland’s Census 2022 - Ethnic group, national identity, language and religion | Scotland's Census

5 Base sizes are included in Appendix 2.

6 Those who prefer to self-describe most often describe themselves as “pansexual”, “asexual” or “queer”.

7 Those who say they identify as transgender most often describe themselves as “Non Binary”.

8 Base sizes are included in Appendix 2.

9 Individuals can give more than one response. 68% said they had ‘No condition’ and 18% did not answer the question.

10 Other religions mentioned most in open responses are “Baptist”, “Evangelical” and “Church of England”.

11 Base sizes are included in Appendix 2.

12 Staff who are ‘Other White’ are from a wide range of countries from across the world, plus Gypsy/Traveller, Roma and Showman/Showwoman.

13 Filipino and Nepalese are the most frequently mentioned ethnicities within ‘Other Asian’.

14 ‘Other ethnic groups mentioned are very varied including some also mentioned elsewhere such as Filipino, South American (various), Asian, Middle Eastern etc.

15 Data on Long-term illnesses and conditions is compared only over 2023-2025 as there was a change in the questionnaire prior to that.

16 Personal well-being in the UK - Office for National Statistics.

17 ‘Another religion’ is excluded from the main section of this analysis as the open responses to the question, suggest a wide range of religions are mentioned along with a large number of refusals. They are therefore not a homogeneous about which conclusions can be drawn or addressed.