Council area	All People	Persons aged 3 and over understanding, speaking, reading or writing Gaelic
		Percentage of population			Number
		Born in Scotland	Not born in Scotland	Total
SCOTLAND	5,062,011	1.68	0.21	1.89	95672
Aberdeen City	212,125	1.02	0.22	1.24	2630
Aberdeenshire	226,871	0.72	0.12	0.84	1906
Angus	108,400	0.79	0.09	0.88	954
Argyll & Bute	91,306	6.70	0.65	7.35	6711
Clackmannanshire	48,077	0.99	0.12	1.11	534
Dumfries & Galloway	147,765	0.53	0.15	0.68	1005
Dundee City	145,663	0.72	0.20	0.92	1340
East Ayrshire	120,235	0.57	0.06	0.63	757
East Dunbartonshire	108,243	1.29	0.13	1.42	1537
East Lothian	90,088	0.67	0.12	0.79	712
East Renfrewshire	89,311	1.07	0.11	1.18	1054
Edinburgh, City of	448,624	1.02	0.36	1.38	6191
Eilean Siar	26,502	68.89	2.67	71.56	18965
Falkirk	145,191	0.67	0.08	0.75	1089
Fife	349,429	0.59	0.12	0.71	2481
Glasgow City	577,869	1.51	0.27	1.78	10286
Highland	208,914	8.39	0.69	9.08	18969
Inverclyde	84,203	0.90	0.10	1.00	842
Midlothian	80,941	0.55	0.09	0.64	518
Moray	86,940	0.91	0.19	1.10	956
North Ayrshire	135,817	0.74	0.10	0.84	1141
North Lanarkshire	321,067	0.60	0.06	0.66	2119
Orkney Islands	19,245	0.77	0.15	0.92	177
Perth & Kinross	134,949	1.64	0.25	1.89	2551
Renfrewshire	172,867	1.00	0.10	1.10	1902
Scottish Borders	106,764	0.65	0.14	0.79	843
Shetland Islands	21,988	0.70	0.16	0.86	189
South Ayrshire	112,097	0.64	0.11	0.75	841
South Lanarkshire	302,216	0.67	0.07	0.74	2236
Stirling	86,212	1.63	0.27	1.90	1638
West Dunbartonshire	93,378	1.01	0.10	1.11	1036
West Lothian	158,714	0.65	0.11	0.76	1206