On census day, 21 March 2021, an estimated 538,300 Welsh citizens aged three and over were reported as being able to speak Welsh - about 17.8% of the population.
This is a decrease of about 23,700 people since the 2011 census, a drop of 1.2 percentage points. A century ago, 37% of residents spoke Welsh.
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