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==Welsh speakers== [[File:Welsh speakers in the 2011 census.png|thumb|upright|The proportion of respondents in the 2011 census who said they could speak Welsh.]] Gwynedd has the highest proportion of people in Wales who can speak [[Welsh language|Welsh]]. According to the 2021 [[2021 United Kingdom census|census]], 64.4% of the population aged three and over stated that they could speak Welsh,<ref>{{Cite web |title=How life has changed in Gwynedd: Census 2021 |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/visualisations/censusareachanges/W06000002/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240301022811/https://www.ons.gov.uk/visualisations/censusareachanges/W06000002/ |archive-date=1 Mar 2024 |access-date=2023-08-03 |website=Office for National Statistics |language=en}}</ref> while 64.4% noted that they could speak Welsh in the [[2011 United Kingdom census|2011 census]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Welsh speakers by local authority and broader age groups, 2001 and 2011 census |url=https://statswales.gov.wales/Catalogue/Welsh-Language/WelshSpeakers-by-LA-BroaderAge-2001And2011Census |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180210002341/https://statswales.gov.wales/Catalogue/Welsh-Language/WelshSpeakers-by-LA-BroaderAge-2001And2011Census |archive-date=10 February 2018 |access-date=31 October 2016 |website=StatsWales |publisher=Welsh Government}}</ref> It is estimated that 83% of the county's Welsh-speakers are fluent, the highest percentage of all counties in Wales.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=https://www.gwynedd.llyw.cymru/en/council/documents---council/strategies-and-policies/environment-and-planning/planning-policy/supporting-documents/supporting-documents-2015/welsh-language-and-culture.pdf |title=Anglesey & Gwynedd Joint Local Development Plan Topic Paper 10: Welsh Language & Culture |date=February 2015 |publisher=Gwynedd County Council |access-date=21 November 2011 }}</ref> The age group with the highest proportion of Welsh speakers in Gwynedd were those between ages 5 and 15, of whom 92.3% stated that they could speak Welsh in 2011.<ref name=":0" /> The proportion of Welsh speakers in Gwynedd declined between 1991 and 2001,<ref name="news.bbc.co.uk">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/2755217.stm |title=Census shows Welsh language rise |date=14 February 2003 |access-date=12 April 2007 |work=[[BBC News Online]] }}</ref> from 72.1% to 68.7%, even though the proportion of Welsh speakers in Wales as a whole increased during that decade to 20.5%.<ref name="news.bbc.co.uk" /> The [[Annual Population Survey]] estimated that as of March 2023, 77.0% of those in Gwynedd aged three years and above could speak Welsh.
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