maxque
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Post by maxque on May 25, 2020 18:20:00 GMT
Were Welsh names recommended for any English constituencies where the primary town or city has an alternative Welsh name? "Dinas Caer", "Henfforddy de Swydd Henffordd", or "Manceinion Canolog"? That might seem ridiculous but somewhere like Chester probably has nearly as many first language Welsh speakers as constituencies like this! The figure is 0.5% in the Garden Quarter ward of Chester, and while no figures are given for areas in Wales, Bridgend really won't have very many. Source? Very few (if any) wards in Wales are below 5% knowledge of Welsh. 9.5% in Bridgend last census. Only Newport (9%), Merthyr Tydfil (8.6%) and Blaenau Gwent (7.6%) are lower. |
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Post by gwynthegriff on May 25, 2020 19:13:18 GMT
Source? Very few (if any) wards in Wales are below 5% knowledge of Welsh. I hope this link works (if not you can see it on any Census map). There are 5,233 residents aged 3 or above in Garden Quarter, and of these 24 speak Welsh as their main language, which is 0.46%. I accept that knowledge of Welsh might be higher than 5% basically everywhere, but usage as a main language will be lower. There are no figures given in the Census for Welsh as a main language within Welsh - perhaps to avoid the embarrassment of how low those figures would be in many cases. Was that from the Census? If so I had completely forgotten there was such a question. |
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Post by bjornhattan on May 25, 2020 19:20:06 GMT
I hope this link works (if not you can see it on any Census map). There are 5,233 residents aged 3 or above in Garden Quarter, and of these 24 speak Welsh as their main language, which is 0.46%. I accept that knowledge of Welsh might be higher than 5% basically everywhere, but usage as a main language will be lower. There are no figures given in the Census for Welsh as a main language within Welsh - perhaps to avoid the embarrassment of how low those figures would be in many cases. Was that from the Census? If so I had completely forgotten there was such a question. Yes. The language categories are "English (English or Welsh if in Wales)", "Welsh, Cymraeg (in England only)", then all the other languages. |
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Post by Robert Waller on Mar 8, 2021 17:33:52 GMT
2011 Census
Owner-occupied 72.2% 153/650
Private rented 12.4% 429/650
Social rented 13.7% 411/650
White 97.2% 210/650
Black 0.3% 490/650
Asian 1.5% 412/650
Managerial & professional 30.9%
Routine & Semi-routine 28.3%
Degree level 26.6% 290/650
No qualifications 24.0% 292/650
Students 6.3% 415/650
Age 65+ 18.7% 195/650
2021 Census
Owner occupied 71.2% 147/573
Private rented 14.9% 441/573
Social rented 13.8% 341/573
White 96.0%
Black 0.4%
Asian 1.9%
Managerial & professional 33.5% 260/573
Routine & Semi-routine 25.9% 219/573
Degree level 33.4% /573
No qualifications 18.5% /573
General Election 2019: Bridgend
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jamie Wallis 18,193 43.1 +3.3
Labour Madeleine Moon 17,036 40.3 –10.4
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Pratt 2,368 5.6 +3.5
Plaid Cymru Leanne Lewis 2,013 4.8 +0.7
Brexit Party Robert Morgan 1,811 4.3
Green Alex Harris 815 1.9
C Majority 1,157 2.8
Turnout 42,236 66.7 –2.9
Registered electors 63,303
Conservative gain from Labour
Swing 6.9 Lab to C
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