11.1% ▲ +29.1%
Lower than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Swanbourne - Mount Claremont · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Swanbourne - Mount Claremont
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Swanbourne - Mount Claremont have started speaking a language other than English at home, rising to 11.1% since 2011. Despite this growth, the area remains far less linguistically diverse than the national average. Most residents speak only English, and very few struggle with the language.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 11.1% of people use another language at home, which is well below the Western Australian figure of 18.4%. English is the main language for 84.9% of residents, while Mandarin is the most common second language at 2.2%. Very few people speak little or no English, at just 0.7%.
0.7% ▲ +3.6%
Lower than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 Swanbourne - Mount Claremont [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/503011036/swanbourne-mount-claremont/topic/language