List of Scottish council areas by number of Scottish Gaelic speakers
This is a list of council areas of Scotland ordered by the number of Scottish Gaelic speakers.
Rank | Council area | Speakers | Population | Percentage(%) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Na h-Eileanan Siar | 15,811 | 26,502 | 59.7 |
2 | Highland | 12,673 | 208,914 | 6.1 |
3 | City of Glasgow | 5,739 | 577,869 | 1.0 |
4 | Argyll and Bute | 4,145 | 91,306 | 4.5 |
5 | City of Edinburgh | 3,120 | 448,624 | 0.7 |
6 | Perth and Kinross | 1,434 | 134,949 | 1.1 |
7 | City of Aberdeen | 1,412 | 212,125 | 0.7 |
8 | Fife | 1,106 | 349,429 | 0.3 |
9 | South Lanarkshire | 1,079 | 302,216 | 0.4 |
10 | North Lanarkshire | 1,021 | 321,067 | 0.3 |
11 | Renfrewshire | 988 | 172,867 | 0.6 |
12 | Stirling | 939 | 86,212 | 1.1 |
13 | East Dunbartonshire | 895 | 108,243 | 0.8 |
14 | Aberdeenshire | 871 | 226,871 | 0.4 |
15 | City of Dundee | 645 | 145,663 | 0.4 |
16 | East Renfrewshire | 590 | 89,311 | 0.7 |
17 | West Lothian | 571 | 158,714 | 0.4 |
18 | North Ayrshire | 557 | 135,817 | 0.4 |
19 | Falkirk | 529 | 145,191 | 0.4 |
20 | Angus | 485 | 108,400 | 0.4 |
21 | Moray | 459 | 86,940 | 0.5 |
22 | Dumfries and Galloway | 448 | 147,765 | 0.3 |
23 | West Dunbartonshire | 437 | 93,378 | 0.5 |
24 | South Ayrshire | 417 | 112,097 | 0.4 |
25 | Inverclyde | 409 | 84,203 | 0.5 |
26 | Scottish Borders | 376 | 106,764 | 0.4 |
27 | East Ayrshire | 368 | 120,235 | 0.3 |
28 | East Lothian | 341 | 90,088 | 0.4 |
29 | Clackmannanshire | 301 | 48,077 | 0.6 |
30 | Midlothian | 244 | 80,941 | 0.3 |
31 | Shetland | 97 | 21,988 | 0.4 |
32 | Orkney | 92 | 19,245 | 0.5 |
References
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