Population of 2 years and over | Understand | % | Speak | % | Read | % | Write | % | Don't understand | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
From 2 to 14 years | 1,016 | 985 | 96.97 | 805 | 79.26 | 704 | 69.25 | 616 | 60.66 | 31 | 3.03 |
From 15 to 29 years | 1,207 | 1,158 | 95.95 | 1,024 | 84.87 | 1,077 | 89.30 | 975 | 80.79 | 49 | 4.05 |
From 30 to 44 years | 1,950 | 1,859 | 95.31 | 1,483 | 76.03 | 1,653 | 84.76 | 1,323 | 67.82 | 91 | 4.69 |
From 45 to 59 years | 1,490 | 1,426 | 95.72 | 1,046 | 70.19 | 1,216 | 81.58 | 698 | 46.85 | 64 | 4.28 |
From 60 to 74 years | 1,005 | 947 | 94.26 | 606 | 60.36 | 701 | 69.74 | 297 | 29.58 | 58 | 5.74 |
From 75 to 84 years | 476 | 432 | 90.71 | 280 | 58.76 | 297 | 62.47 | 114 | 23.92 | 44 | 9.29 |
From 85 years and over | 163 | 143 | 87.76 | 101 | 62.43 | 103 | 63.15 | 46 | 28.55 | 20 | 12.24 |
Total | 7,306 | 6,949 | 95.12 | 5,345 | 73.16 | 5,750 | 78.71 | 4,069 | 55.70 | 357 | 4.88 |
Units: Thousands of people. | |||||||||||
Source: Idescat. |
Last update: November 21, 2013.
Statistics CENSPHMethodological note
The data on the knowledge of Catalan comes from the 2011 Population and Housing Census, the 2007 Demographic Survey, the 2001 Population Census, the 1996 Population Statistics, the 1991 Population Census and the 1981 and 1986 Municipal Population Registers.
A person is considered to "understand" Catalan when he is capable of understanding a conversation in Catalan on a current topic.
A person "knows how to speak" Catalan when he is capable of maintaining a conversation in Catalan on a current topic.
A person "knows how to read" in Catalan when he is capable of reading common texts in Catalan such as adverts, news articles, etc.
A person "knows how to write" in Catalan when he is capable of writing notes, postcards, etc. with sufficient accuracy, despite not being completely accurate.
The data on the knowledge of Catalan corresponds to the population of two years and over. It does not include the population under two years of age, because this population group is not considered able to speak a language in the strict sense of its comprehension.
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