This report provides data pertaining to the questions about Scottish Gaelic in Scotland’s Census 2011, and provides comparisons with data from the 2001 Census. The censuses were held on 27 March 2011 and 29 April 2001, and collected information from people ‘usually resident’ in Scotland on these dates.

In the 2011 Census, people were asked whether they could understand, speak, read or write Scottish Gaelic, and, for the first time, the 2011 Census also asked people to report any language(s) (other than English) they use at home.