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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Area Code

Measure2

Welsh speakers

Area

Area 1

All Persons Total includes those who did not specify whether they could speak Welsh or not.

Yes, can speak Welsh

No, cannot speak Welsh

Percentage of people who say they can speak Welsh

Wales

3,068,900

810,500

2,156,900

26.4

Wales

Isle of Anglesey

69,400

43,500

23,900

62.7

Gwynedd

121,100

85,400

32,500

70.5

Conwy

114,100

40,300

70,600

35.3

Denbighshire

93,800

32,200

59,000

34.3

Flintshire

154,000

33,800

115,500

21.9

Wrexham

135,800

35,800

94,400

26.4

Powys

130,700

32,600

94,500

24.9

Ceredigion

73,700

39,100

33,000

53.0

Pembrokeshire

125,300

32,500

88,700

26.0

Carmarthenshire

181,000

84,300

90,700

46.6

Swansea

239,900

48,700

183,400

20.3

Neath Port Talbot

139,900

31,300

103,700

22.4

Bridgend

139,600

23,800

111,400

17.0

Vale of Glamorgan

126,100

21,600

99,700

17.2

Cardiff

353,700

51,700

289,400

14.6

Rhondda Cynon Taf

235,600

50,000

176,800

21.2

Merthyr Tydfil

58,600

12,300

44,000

21.0

Caerphilly

179,300

42,900

129,900

23.9

Blaenau Gwent

68,900

12,000

54,600

17.4

Torfaen

91,000

14,200

74,000

15.6

Monmouthshire

91,200

15,000

74,000

16.4

Newport

146,200

27,600

113,400

18.9

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Title

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

Last update

30 June 2016

Next update

September 2016

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

Annual Population Survey, Office for National Statistics

Contact email

economic.stats@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Designation

National Statistics

Lowest level of geographical disaggregation

Local authorities

Geographical coverage

Wales

Languages covered

English only

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.

Frequency of publication

Quarterly

Data reference periods

2001 to 2015

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

Note - 30 June 2016 - ONS have reweighted the APS to take account the latest population data. Therefore, all estimates from quarter 4 of 2012 to quarter 4 2015 have been revised.

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

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