Map shows Scots speakers by region
10th October 2013
All people aged 3 and over | Understands but does not speak, read or write Scots | Speaks, reads and writes Scots | Speaks but does not read or write Scots | Speaks and reads but does not write Scots | Reads but does not speak or write Scots | Other combination of skills in Scots | No skills in Scots | |
Scotland | 5,118,223 | 267,412 | 1,225,622 | 179,295 | 132,709 | 107,025 | 17,381 | 3,188,779 |
Aberdeen City | 215,597 | 13,883 | 57,897 | 10,087 | 8,322 | 4,793 | 780 | 119,835 |
Aberdeenshire | 243,826 | 15,709 | 87,286 | 17,772 | 13,739 | 5,105 | 1,013 | 103,202 |
Angus | 112,447 | 6,566 | 33,808 | 4,997 | 4,314 | 2,397 | 432 | 59,933 |
Argyll & Bute | 85,684 | 5,380 | 14,716 | 2,171 | 1,703 | 2,384 | 319 | 59,011 |
Clackmannanshire | 49,673 | 2,519 | 13,718 | 1,904 | 1,346 | 884 | 170 | 29,132 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 146,765 | 8,640 | 38,302 | 6,351 | 4,675 | 2,950 | 653 | 85,194 |
Dundee City | 142,489 | 7,395 | 34,866 | 4,966 | 3,636 | 2,843 | 530 | 88,253 |
East Ayrshire | 118,660 | 5,120 | 38,620 | 5,193 | 3,348 | 1,498 | 423 | 64,458 |
East Dunbartonshire | 101,999 | 4,955 | 16,733 | 2,227 | 2,058 | 2,465 | 226 | 73,335 |
East Lothian | 96,200 | 5,634 | 22,657 | 3,494 | 2,755 | 2,363 | 329 | 58,968 |
East Renfrewshire | 87,685 | 4,050 | 12,786 | 1,710 | 1,568 | 2,004 | 178 | 65,389 |
Edinburgh, City of | 460,103 | 29,379 | 75,457 | 11,394 | 11,040 | 17,459 | 1,607 | 313,767 |
Eilean Siar | 26,929 | 1,307 | 1,481 | 264 | 235 | 517 | 53 | 23,072 |
Falkirk | 150,340 | 6,831 | 42,262 | 5,977 | 4,029 | 2,323 | 481 | 88,437 |
Fife | 352,558 | 17,974 | 98,999 | 13,888 | 10,007 | 7,270 | 1,229 | 203,191 |
Glasgow City | 572,633 | 26,331 | 117,487 | 15,575 | 8,647 | 10,137 | 1,842 | 392,614 |
Highland | 224,606 | 13,943 | 38,729 | 5,257 | 4,465 | 6,172 | 800 | 155,240 |
Inverclyde | 78,995 | 2,991 | 17,353 | 2,127 | 1,152 | 1,023 | 243 | 54,106 |
Midlothian | 80,280 | 4,025 | 21,162 | 3,119 | 2,080 | 1,571 | 252 | 48,071 |
Moray | 90,178 | 6,197 | 30,967 | 5,587 | 4,197 | 1,833 | 415 | 40,982 |
North Ayrshire | 133,728 | 5,959 | 37,680 | 4,571 | 3,402 | 2,108 | 463 | 79,545 |
North Lanarkshire | 325,465 | 11,403 | 78,389 | 9,628 | 5,136 | 2,869 | 871 | 217,169 |
Orkney Islands | 20,704 | 1,214 | 6,560 | 1,024 | 819 | 669 | 104 | 10,314 |
Perth & Kinross | 142,277 | 9,687 | 33,124 | 4,886 | 4,828 | 4,251 | 526 | 84,975 |
Renfrewshire | 169,077 | 6,940 | 36,943 | 4,427 | 3,102 | 2,530 | 491 | 114,644 |
Scottish Borders | 110,514 | 6,913 | 27,787 | 4,834 | 3,880 | 2,860 | 457 | 63,783 |
Shetland Islands | 22,326 | 1,514 | 8,421 | 1,362 | 1,080 | 728 | 120 | 9,101 |
South Ayrshire | 109,538 | 5,833 | 28,707 | 3,889 | 3,264 | 2,280 | 358 | 65,207 |
South Lanarkshire | 303,470 | 12,703 | 69,411 | 9,205 | 6,175 | 4,346 | 860 | 200,770 |
Stirling | 87,645 | 5,400 | 18,790 | 2,760 | 2,404 | 2,746 | 395 | 55,150 |
West Dunbartonshire | 87,590 | 3,436 | 20,644 | 2,409 | 1,443 | 930 | 228 | 58,500 |
West Lothian | 168,242 | 7,581 | 43,880 | 6,240 | 3,860 | 2,717 | 533 | 103,431 |