5.8% —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Swan Bay · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower proportion of people speak a language other than English in Swan Bay compared to the rest of the state. Only 5.8% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%.
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 95.1% of the population. While 5.8% of people use another language at home, which is higher than most similar areas, no one in the community speaks little or no English.
5.8% —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Swan Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22404/swan-bay/topic/language