12.4% ▲ +49.7%
Lower than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Swan Hill · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Swan Hill
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language for daily life in Swan Hill, though the use of other languages has risen to 12.4%. While this is well below the national figure, the number of people speaking languages other than English has grown by 4.1 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Most residents speak only English (81.0%), with Punjabi, Vietnamese and Italian being the most common other languages. Around 3.0% of people speak little or no English, which is higher than most similar areas.
3.0% ▲ +29.5%
Higher than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 3.0%
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/sa2/215031404/swan-hill/topic/language