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Data Provider: Welsh Government National Statistics Welsh speakers by local authority, gender and detailed age groups, 2011 Census
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Wales 562,016 2,393,825 19.0 2,955,841
Isle of Anglesey 38,568 28,835 57.2 67,403
Gwynedd 77,000 40,789 65.4 117,789
Conwy 30,600 81,124 27.4 111,724
Denbighshire 22,236 68,291 24.6 90,527
Flintshire 19,343 127,597 13.2 146,940
Wrexham 16,659 112,766 12.9 129,425
Powys 23,990 105,093 18.6 129,083
Ceredigion 34,964 38,883 47.3 73,847
Pembrokeshire 22,786 95,606 19.2 118,392
Carmarthenshire 78,048 99,594 43.9 177,642
Swansea 26,332 204,823 11.4 231,155
Neath Port Talbot 20,698 114,580 15.3 135,278
Bridgend 13,103 121,442 9.7 134,545
The Vale of Glamorgan 13,189 108,829 10.8 122,018
Cardiff 36,735 295,538 11.1 332,273
Rhondda, Cynon, Taff 27,779 197,776 12.3 225,555
Merthyr Tydfil 5,028 51,595 8.9 56,623
Caerphilly 19,251 152,721 11.2 171,972
Blaenau Gwent 5,284 62,064 7.8 67,348
Torfaen 8,641 79,203 9.8 87,844
Monmouthshire 8,780 79,829 9.9 88,609
Newport 13,002 126,847 9.3 139,849

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Welsh speakers by local authority, gender and detailed age groups, 2011 census

Population & Census Statistics, Welsh Assembly Government

Last update: December 2012



Source: 2011 Census, Office for National Statistics.



Contact: welshlanguagedata@wales.gsi.gov.uk



The Census was held on 27 March 2011, and is a key source of information on the Welsh language. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is responsible for the Census in Wales and England.



The 2011 Census question asked 'Can you understand, speak, read or write Welsh?' - answered by ticking one or more of five boxes (one for each category and one for 'None of these') in any combination. This question was only asked in Wales, and results are presented for those aged 3 and over. The Census did not collect information on fluency levels or on frequency of use.



The first 2011 Census results on the Welsh language were published on 11 December 2012.



Further information about the census estimates, including details about the methodology used and information about how population subgroups are defined and estimated, is available via the 2011 Census home page.





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