Lots of really interesting statistics in there. Interesting to see a slight polarisation on the question of national identity – the numbers identifying as ‘Scottish only’ up 3%, ‘British only’ up 5% and ‘Scottish and British’ down a whopping 10% to actually fall behind the ‘British only’ identifiers for the first time ever.
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“For the first time in Scotland’s Census, the majority of people said they had no religion. In 2022 51.1% of people had no religion, up from 36.7% in 2011”
Curious why. But nice to have the first confirmation that most of the people in this country don’t believe in a canaanite thunder god anymore, tis a good day.
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Why has the Pagan population jumped from 0% in 2011 to 0.35% in 2022?
>The census also found that 2.5% of people aged 3 and over had some skills in Gaelic in 2022. This is an increase of 43,100 people since 2011 when 1.7% had some skills in Gaelic. In Na h-Eileanan Siar the majority of people had some Gaelic skills (57.2%). This was far higher than the next highest council areas, Highland (8.1%) and Argyll and Bute (6.2%).
>The percentage of people with some skills in Scots also increased, to 46.2% in 2022 from 37.7% in 2011.
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Lots of really interesting statistics in there. Interesting to see a slight polarisation on the question of national identity – the numbers identifying as ‘Scottish only’ up 3%, ‘British only’ up 5% and ‘Scottish and British’ down a whopping 10% to actually fall behind the ‘British only’ identifiers for the first time ever.
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“For the first time in Scotland’s Census, the majority of people said they had no religion. In 2022 51.1% of people had no religion, up from 36.7% in 2011”
Interesting religious results as well here
Really interesting, that figure for irreligious is lower than surveys over the past few years, which I thought usually around 2/3 people not 1/2 – [New research confirms substantial majority of Scottish people are not religious and not spiritual – Humanists UK](https://humanists.uk/2018/08/14/new-research-confirms-substantial-majority-of-scottish-people-are-not-religious-and-not-spiritual/#:~:text=religious%20or%20not.-,’,of%20Scots%20aged%2018%2D34.)
Curious why. But nice to have the first confirmation that most of the people in this country don’t believe in a canaanite thunder god anymore, tis a good day.
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Why has the Pagan population jumped from 0% in 2011 to 0.35% in 2022?
>The census also found that 2.5% of people aged 3 and over had some skills in Gaelic in 2022. This is an increase of 43,100 people since 2011 when 1.7% had some skills in Gaelic. In Na h-Eileanan Siar the majority of people had some Gaelic skills (57.2%). This was far higher than the next highest council areas, Highland (8.1%) and Argyll and Bute (6.2%).
>The percentage of people with some skills in Scots also increased, to 46.2% in 2022 from 37.7% in 2011.