6.1% ▼ -30.9%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
West Swan · Suburb / Locality
Language in West Swan
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Just 6.1% of people in West Swan use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure. While this is higher than most similar areas, the vast majority of residents speak only English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 60.1% of the population, with Italian and Vietnamese being the next most common. Very few people speak little or no English, at only 0.5%, which is a little below the Australian average.
0.5% ▼ -54.2%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 West Swan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51585/west-swan/topic/language