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Data Provider: Welsh Government National Statistics Annual Population Survey estimates of persons aged 3 and over who say they can speak Welsh by local authority and measure
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Click here to sortAll Persons Click here to sortYes, can speak Welsh Click here to sortNo, cannot speak Welsh Click here to sortPercentage of people who say they can speak Welsh
[Collapse]Wales 6,162,600 1,737,100 4,222,900 56.4
Wales Isle of Anglesey 138,500 84,400 49,900 121.9
Gwynedd 243,600 177,200 59,200 145.5
Conwy 227,800 90,500 129,800 79.5
Denbighshire 188,300 67,200 115,800 71.4
Flintshire 307,300 65,800 231,200 42.8
Wrexham 274,100 70,300 194,500 51.2
Powys 260,000 74,000 179,200 56.9
Ceredigion 150,000 87,500 59,600 116.8
Pembrokeshire 247,100 71,900 168,300 58.2
Carmarthenshire 364,600 182,000 170,300 99.9
Swansea 483,100 110,500 360,200 45.8
Neath Port Talbot 279,800 58,700 211,600 41.9
Bridgend 280,200 47,200 224,100 33.7
Vale of Glamorgan 252,000 46,800 196,600 37.2
Cardiff 720,300 150,300 539,100 41.7
Rhondda Cynon Taf 472,400 107,000 348,000 45.3
Merthyr Tydfil 117,300 23,900 88,700 40.9
Caerphilly 359,400 77,000 268,600 42.8
Blaenau Gwent 137,900 23,900 109,400 34.7
Torfaen 182,100 33,900 142,900 37.2
Monmouthshire 182,300 28,700 148,300 31.4
Newport 294,500 58,500 227,400 39.7

Metadata

Title
People aged 3 or more who say they can speak Welsh, by Welsh local authority

Last update
20 June 2018 20 June 2018

Next update
September 2018

Publishing organisation
Welsh Government

Source 1
Annual Population Survey, Office for National Statistics

Contact email
economic.stats@gov.wales

Designation
National Statistics

Lowest level of geographical disaggregation
Local authorities

Geographical coverage
Wales

Languages covered
English and Welsh

Data licensing
You may use and re-use this data free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government License - see http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence

General description
This dataset provides information for people aged 3 and over who say they can speak Welsh, by Welsh local authority.

Data collection and calculation
These data are taken from the ANNUAL datasets from the Annual Population Survey (APS) for 2005 onwards and the Welsh Local Labour Force Survey (WLLFS) prior to that. These surveys are carried out by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The data for Wales are based on an enhanced sample (around 350 per cent larger) compared to earlier years. APS data are collected throughout the year and are published for calendar years. WLLFS data was published for the year ended February, each year i.e. 2001 WLLFS data relates to year ended February 2002. The data do NOT exactly match annual averages derived from the 4 QUARTERLY datasets in each year due to differences in the sampling structure.
The local authority and Wales figures for 2001, 2002 and 2003 in these tables may not be the same as published elsewhere, as the numbers here are estimated using Welsh specific weights. These weights better reflect the population estimates for Welsh local authorities in these years.
Nomis is the ONS's official portal for labour market statistics. Note that some estimates from Nomis for the APS may differ slightly from those presented here due to differences in how local authority geographies are constructed.

Frequency of publication
Quarterly

Data reference periods
2001 to 2018

Rounding applied
Figures are rounded to the nearest 100 and so there may be some apparent slight discrepancies between the sum of constituent items and the totals as shown.

Revisions information
In July 2017, the Annual Population survey data has been revised back to 2012, due to taking on board the latest population estimates (2015).

Statistical quality
As the data come from a survey, the results are sample-based estimates and therefore subject to differing degrees of sampling variability, i.e. the true value for any measure lies in a differing range about the estimated value. This range or sampling variability increases as the detail in the data increases, for example local authority data are subject to higher variability than regional data.

Keywords
Welsh speakers