Language statistics
Official Statistics consultation
If you use any of the Culture, arts, heritage, sport and language statistics publications on our website Analytics Division within the Department for Communities NI (DfC) are interested in your views. We are reaching out to users to better understand how the statistics are being used, whether the range and type of outputs meet user needs, and to highlight where improvements can be made.
To gauge your opinions on these publications, it would be greatly appreciated if you could take a few minutes to complete the following consultation:
This consultation will be open from Friday 27 June to Thursday 24 July 2025.
Due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic there was a reduction in the number of questions included in the Continuous Household Survey between 2020/21-2022/23. As a result, reports relating to languages were not produced were not produced in '2020/21. Questions on the Knowledge of Irish/Ulster -Scots were asked in 2021/22 and 2022/23 and results are included in the Headline Statistics reports for those years.
Knowledge and use of languages in Northern Ireland
These publications include the findings from the language modules of the Continuous Household Survey.
- Knowledge of Sign Language in Northern Ireland 2023/24
- Knowledge and use of Irish and Ulster-Scots in Northern Ireland 2019/20
- Knowledge and use of Irish and Ulster-Scots in Northern Ireland 2017/18
- Knowledge and use of Irish and Ulster-Scots in Northern Ireland 2015/16
Experience of culture and heritage in Northern Ireland
These publications include the findings from the Irish and Ulster-Scots culture and heritage modules of the Continuous Household Survey.
- Experience of Irish and Ulster-Scots culture and heritage in Northern Ireland 2023/24
- Experience of Irish and Ulster-Scots culture and heritage in Northern Ireland 2018/19
- Experience of Irish and Ulster-Scots culture and heritage in Northern Ireland 2016/17
- Experience of Irish and Ulster-Scots culture and heritage in Northern Ireland 2014/15
Public attitudes towards the languages in Northern Ireland
These publications include findings from the Northern Ireland Omnibus Surveys on Irish and Ulster-Scots.