Town & Regional Planning
Residents knowing Gaelic
as a proportion of the population, 1991

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	Total Persons		Either speaks, reads or writes Gaelic⁽¹⁾
	Total Persons		Number		% Total persons
	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male %	Female %
Aberdeen, City of	98,362	106,623	642	634	0.7	0.6
Aberdeenshire	106,627	108,760	483	509	0.5	0.5
Angus	51,951	55,789	267	263	0.5	0.5
Argyll & Bute	44,323	47,645	2,314	2,851	5.2	6.0
Borders, The	49,866	54,015	263	248	0.5	0.5
Clackmannanshire	23,094	24,585	144	149	0.6	0.6
Dunbartonshire, West	45,311	50,751	358	352	0.8	0.7
Dumfries & Galloway	71,359	76,446	291	283	0.4	0.4
Dundee, City of	70,381	79,496	356	309	0.5	0.4
East Ayrshire	58,490	63,965	220	195	0.4	0.3
East Dunbartonshire	52,843	56,557	466	566	0.9	1.0
East Lothian	40,288	43,826	169	190	0.4	0.4
East Renfrewshire	40,665	44,587	277	317	0.7	0.7
Edinburgh, City of	196,802	221,946	1,703	1,791	0.9	0.8
Falkirk	67,800	73,345	266	281	0.4	0.4
Fife	164,434	176,765	847	776	0.5	0.4
	Total Persons		Either speaks, reads or writes Gaelic⁽¹⁾
	Total Persons		Number		% Total persons
	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male %	Female %
Glasgow, City of	283,655	323,150	3,000	3,402	1.1	1.1
Highland	99,762	104,242	6,940	8,362	7.0	8.0
Inverclyde	42,604	47,499	235	261	0.6	0.5
Midlothian	38,226	40,785	130	120	0.3	0.3
Moray	41,201	42,415	245	277	0.6	0.7
North Ayrshire	65,025	71,850	328	328	0.5	0.5
North Lanarkshire	155,632	168,194	576	571	0.4	0.3
Orkney Islands	9,602	10,010	53	45	0.6	0.4
Perthshire & Kinross	60,279	65,952	727	819	1.2	1.2
Renfrewshire	82,494	90,810	537	554	0.7	0.6
Shetland Islands	11,359	11,163	63	50	0.6	0.4
South Ayrshire	53,325	59,333	268	270	0.5	0.5
South Lanarkshire	143,836	156,162	638	704	0.4	0.5
Stirling	37,622	41,211	387	502	1.0	1.2
West Lothian	70,024	73,948	304	296	0.4	0.4
Western Isles	14,719	14,881	9,527	10,211	64.7	68.6
Scotland	2,391,961	2,606,606	33,024	36,486	1.4	1.4

Source: 1991 Census of Population, General Register Office (Scotland)

(1) The question on Gaelic was only asked of those aged 3 and over. The percentages relate to the total population, not just those aged 3 and over.

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