Demography of Wales Totally Explained

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Demographics of Wales as at the 2001 UK Census:*Population: 2,903,085, Male: 1,403,782 Female: 1,499,303

Percentage of the population born in:
- Wales: 75.39%
- England: 20.32%
- Scotland: 0.84%
- Northern Ireland: 0.27%
- Republic of Ireland: 0.44%

Fertility Rate: 1.84 (2006)(External Link

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Ethnic groups:

White: British: 95.99%
White: Irish: 0.61%
White: other: 1.28%
Mixed: white and black: 0.29%
Mixed: white and Asian: 0.17%
Mixed: other: 0.15%
Asian:
- Indian/British Indian: 0.28%
- Pakistani/British Pakistani: 0.29%
- Bangladeshi/British Bangladeshi: 0.19%
- Other Asian: 0.12%
Black: 0.25%
Chinese: 0.40%
Percentage of the British population self-identifying as Welsh: 14.39% (controversially, there was no question on the Census form asking this—people had to write this in).

Religion:

Christian: 71.9%
Buddhist: 0.19%
Hindu: 0.19%
Jewish: 0.08%
Muslim: 0.75%
Sikh: 0.07%
Other religion: 0.24%
No religion: 18.53%
Not disclosed: 8.07%
The largest single denomination of Wales is Calvinist Methodism (Presbyterian Church of Wales), followed by the (Anglican) Church in Wales with 30% of the population, the Roman Catholic Church with 3% and the Congregationalist Union of Welsh Independents with 1% of the population.

Age structure of the population:

0–4: 167,903
5–7: 108,149
8–9: 77,176
10–14: 195,976
15: 37,951
16–17: 75,234
18–19: 71,519
20–24: 169,493
25–29: 166,348
30–44: 605,962
45–59: 569,676
60–64: 152,924
65–74: 264,191
75–84: 182,202
85–89: 38,977
90+: 19,404

Knowledge of the Welsh language:

Percentage of the population aged 3 or more knowing spoken Welsh only: 4.93%
Percentage of the population aged 3 or more speaking Welsh but not reading or writing it: 2.83%
Percentage of the population aged 3 or more speaking and reading Welsh but not writing it: 1.37%
Percentage of the population aged 3 or more speaking, reading, and writing Welsh: 16.32%
Percentage of the population aged 3 or more with some other skills combination: 2.98%
Percentage of the population aged 3 or more with no knowledge of Welsh: 71.57%

In Gwynedd, Anglesey, Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire, Welsh speakers are in the majority.

Gwynedd has the highest proportion of Welsh speakers, but Carmarthenshire has the highest number of them in any one principal area.Further Information

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