Summary

Data and supporting information about Welsh language from Census 2021 in Wales.

These publications are part of the topic summaries and will include datasets, statistical bulletins and supporting information.

It includes univariate data (one variable only) down to Output Area (OA) level, where possible. Multivariate data (more than one variable) will be released in early 2023.

Publications

• Welsh language, Wales: Census 2021

  The ability of usual residents aged three years and over living in Wales to understand spoken Welsh, and to speak, read or write Welsh, Census 2021 data.

Data

• Welsh skills (speaking) and resident age, Wales: Census 2021

  Census 2021 estimates that classify usual residents in Wales by their ability to speak Welsh by age. The estimates are as at Census Day, 21 March 2021.

• Welsh skills (detailed), Wales: Census 2021

  Census 2021 estimates that classify usual residents in Wales by their overall Welsh language skills. The estimates are as at Census Day, 21 March 2021.

• Welsh skills (understanding), Wales: Census 2021

  Census 2021 estimates that classify usual residents in Wales by their ability to understand Welsh. The estimates are as at Census Day, 21 March 2021.

• Welsh skills (reading), Wales: Census 2021

  Census 2021 estimates that classify usual residents in Wales by their ability to read Welsh. The estimates are as at Census Day, 21 March 2021.

• Welsh skills (speaking), Wales: Census 2021

  Census 2021 estimates that classify usual residents in Wales by their ability to speak Welsh. The estimates are as at Census Day, 21 March 2021.

• Welsh skills (writing), Wales: Census 2021

  Census 2021 estimates that classify usual residents in Wales by their ability to write Welsh. The estimates are as at Census Day, 21 March 2021.

• Welsh language skills (detailed)

• Welsh language skills (speaking)

• Welsh language skills (writing)

• Welsh language skills (reading)

• Welsh language skills (understanding)

• Welsh language skills (speaking) by single year of age

Methodology

• Welsh language quality information for Census 2021

  Quality information affecting Welsh language data from Census 2021 to help correctly interpret them.

Contact details

About the data

This release includes data from Census 2021.

Accredited Official Statistics

These are accredited official statistics. They have been independently reviewed by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) and found to comply with the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics. This broadly means that the statistics:

• meet user needs
• are presented clearly and accessibly
• are produced using appropriate data and sound methods
• are managed impartially and objectively in the public interest

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