SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Victoria

Swan Hill

21,245 residents · 59+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
24.5%
5,198 people
Growth since last census
+209.2%
vs previous census
In context
0.75× Victoria avg
0.90× national avg
Population
21,245
CALD residents
5,198
Languages spoken
59
Fastest-growing
+1161%
Narrative

Why this matters

Swan Hill is home to 21,245 residents. 24.5% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 5,198 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Swan Hill into a single shareable document: the languages spoken at home, the communities growing fastest, and the suburb-level variation that a council-wide average hides.

Languages

The twelve most-spoken

Bars show share of LGA residents · growth since last census

  1. 01
    Malay416 · 2.0%
    1160.6%
  2. 02
    Mandarin415 · 2.0%
    153.0%
  3. 03
    Vietnamese396 · 1.9%
    85.0%
  4. 04
    Italian324 · 1.5%
    12.7%
  5. 05
    Tongan269 · 1.3%
    8.9%
  6. 06
    Punjabi213 · 1.0%
    19.7%
  1. 01
    Thai121 · 0.6%
    124.1%
  2. 02
    Indonesian80 · 0.4%
    105.1%
  3. 03
    Khmer68 · 0.3%
    6.3%
  4. 04
    Cantonese64 · 0.3%
    28.0%
  5. 05
    Tagalog58 · 0.3%
    41.5%
  6. 06
    Fijian58 · 0.3%
    114.8%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 76%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 75.5%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 24.5%
Malay
416 · +1160.6%
Mandarin
415 · +153.0%
Vietnamese
396 · +85.0%
Italian
324 · -12.7%
Tongan
269 · +8.9%
Punjabi
213 · +19.7%
Thai
121 · +124.1%
Indonesian
80 · +105.1%
Khmer
68 · +6.3%
Cantonese
64 · +28.0%
Tagalog
58
Fijian
58
Malayalam
57
Hazaraghi
56
Afrikaans
54
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Malay416 · 2.0%
    1160.6%
  2. 02
    Mandarin415 · 2.0%
    153.0%
  3. 03
    Vietnamese396 · 1.9%
    85.0%
  4. 04
    Italian324 · 1.5%
    12.7%
  5. 05
    Tongan269 · 1.3%
    8.9%
  6. 06
    Punjabi213 · 1.0%
    19.7%
  7. 07
    Thai121 · 0.6%
    124.1%
  8. 08
    Indonesian80 · 0.4%
    105.1%
  9. 09
    Khmer68 · 0.3%
    6.3%
  10. 10
    Cantonese64 · 0.3%
    28.0%
  11. 11
    Tagalog58 · 0.3%
    41.5%
  12. 12
    Fijian58 · 0.3%
    114.8%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Malay
+1160.6%
416 speakers · 2.0% of LGA
#2
Language
Mandarin
+153.0%
415 speakers · 2.0% of LGA
#3
Language
Thai
+124.1%
121 speakers · 0.6% of LGA
Use this data

Commission a gap report for Swan Hill.

We turn census data into targeted outreach plans: which documents to translate first, which community leaders to engage, where the gaps are.