3.8% —
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 3.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Swanfels · Suburb / Locality
Language in Swanfels
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 3.8% of people in Swanfels use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. While most residents speak only English, a small number of people in the area face challenges with English proficiency.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 97.7% of residents, with Mandarin being the only other language spoken. Despite the low use of other languages, the 3.8% of people who speak little or no English is a little above the Queensland figure of 1.8%.
3.8% ▲ —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 3.8%
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 Swanfels [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32708/swanfels/topic/language