2.7% ▼ -50.8%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 2.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Swan Point · Suburb / Locality
Language in Swan Point
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower share of people in Swan Point speak a language other than English at home compared to the rest of Australia. Only 2.7% of residents use another language, which is well below the Tasmanian figure and far below the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While most people speak only English, 1.3% of residents speak little or no English, which is much higher than in most similar areas. This stands in contrast to the wider region, as the typical person in Swan Point is far more likely to use only English than the average Australian.
1.3% ▲ —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.3%
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 Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60659/swan-point/topic/language