16.4% ▲ +39.3%
Higher than 75% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Swan Hill · Council (LGA)
Language in Swan Hill
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A growing number of people in Swan Hill speak a language other than English at home, with this figure rising 4.6 points since 2011. While 16.4% of residents now use another language, this remains well below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 74.9% of residents, though 5.5% of the population now speak little or no English, which is a little above the national figure. Other common languages include Mandarin, Vietnamese, Italian, and Punjabi.
5.5% ▲ +81.7%
Higher than 89% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Swan Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA26610/swan-hill/topic/language