Cardross Parish : Percentage of persons unable to speak Gaelic

R_GAELIC = (SPEAK_GAELIC:other * 100.0) / TOT_POP:now

Data Role Period Covered Authority Source Details Method
SPEAK_GAELIC:other 1891 SRC GBH Source Documentation System 1891 Census of Scotland, Population summary, Table 1 , 'Scotland in Civil Counties and Parishes, showing the Acreage, the number of Families, of Houses Inhabited, Uninhabited, and Building; the number of the total Population and of Persons of each Sex; the number of Persons speaking Gaelic only, and Gaelic and English; the number of Rooms with Windows; and the number of Persons temporarily absent or present in each Parish or Sub-division thereof on the 5th April 1891. For comparison there is added the number of Families, Persons of each Sex, Houses, and Rooms with Windows in 1881' Exact count provided by a government statistical office for this area
SPEAK_GAELIC:other 1901 SRC GBH Source Documentation System 1901 Census of Scotland, General Report vol. 1, Table 1 _1, 'Scotland in Civil Counties and Parishes, the Parishes being in alphabetical order under each County and arranged in two sub-divisions: The number of Families, of Houses Inhabited, Uninhabited, and Building; the number of the total Population and of Persons of each Sex; the number of Persons aged three years and upwards, speaking Gaelic only, and Gaelic and English; the number of Rooms with Windows, for each Parish, on 31st March, 1901; and for comparison, the number of Families, Houses, Males, Females, and both Sexes, and Rooms with Windows in 1891' Exact count provided by a government statistical office for this area

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This rate presents the percentage of the total population unable to speak Gaelic.


How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Cardross Parish through time | Historical Statistics on Learning & Language | Rate: Percentage of persons unable to speak Gaelic, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10085196/cube/GAELIC

Date accessed: 09th April 2026