23.2% ▲ +46.6%
Higher than 82% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Swan · Council (LGA)
Language in Swan
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 23% of people in Swan speak a language other than English at home, which is well above the Western Australian figure. This diversity has grown significantly over the last decade, with the proportion of non-English speakers rising by 7.4 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While English is the main language for 71.5% of residents, common alternatives include Vietnamese and Punjabi, both at 2.0%. About 3.1% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than in most other areas.
3.1% ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 85% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 3.1%
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 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA58050/swan/topic/language