12.4% ▼ -12.6%
Higher than 81% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Swan Hill · Urban Area
Language in Swan Hill
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main way people communicate in Swan Hill, though 12.4% of residents use another language at home. This is much higher than in most similar areas, even though the figure is well below the national average. The use of non-English languages has fallen slightly since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 81% of people speak only English, others use Punjabi, Vietnamese, Italian or Mandarin. About 3% of the population speak little or no English, which is among the highest levels for areas like this and is nearly the same as the Australian figure.
3.0% ▲ +29.5%
Higher than 89% of urban area areas.
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 3.0%
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 Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/2017/swan-hill/topic/language