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Swan Hills (East Metropolitan) · State Electorate

Language in Swan Hills (East Metropolitan)

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

About the same as most similar areas, Swan Hills has a modest mix of languages spoken at home. While 12.7% of residents use a language other than English, this is well below the national figure of 22.3%.

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📍 Swan Hills (East Metropolitan), State Electorate

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the main language for 78.6% of people, though those using other languages rose 4.4 points since 2016. Only 1.2% of the population speak little or no English, which is a little below the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.

People using another language at home

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12.7% —

Lower than 55% of state electorate areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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1.2% ▲ +61.6%

Lower than 60% of state electorate 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.

Language used at home

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In Swan Hills (East Metropolitan), English only is the majority at 95%; Punjabi is next at 2%.

English only 78.6% Punjabi 1.5% Arabic 0.7% Italian 0.5% Tagalog 0.5% Mandarin 0.4% Hindi 0.4% Vietnamese 0.3% Cantonese 0.1% Greek 0.1%

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 Hills (East Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED55102/swan-hills/topic/language