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Ben Summer

The areas of Wales where people feel most Welsh revealed in new Census data

The latest batch of data from last year's Census is out and it contains some fascinating numbers. Did you know, for instance, that only 41% of people in one part of Wales call themselves either "Welsh" or "Welsh and British"?

Had you realised that there are only five Jewish people in Merthyr? Or that the proportion of people identifying as Christian is dropping faster in Wales than in England?

We've taken a look at the highlights of this census release and delved into what the numbers say about Wales and the different identities of Welsh people. There have been some fairly big changes since the last batch of data in 2011 - take a look:

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