23.4% ▲ +46.6%
Higher than 73% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Swan · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Swan
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A growing number of people in Swan speak a language other than English at home, with 23.4% of residents doing so. This is well above the state average and marks a significant increase from previous years. The area is now more linguistically diverse than most similar regions.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 23.4% of people use another language at home, a figure that rose 7.4 percentage points since 2011. While English is used by 71.4%, other common languages include Vietnamese and Punjabi at 2.1% each, though only 3.2% of residents speak little or no English.
3.2% ▼ -3.0%
Higher than 73% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 3.2%
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/sa3/50403/swan/topic/language