Swansea, Lake Macquarie

Languages spoken in Swansea (NSW)

Swansea is overwhelmingly English-speaking: about 4,300 people use only English at home, according to the 2021 Census. None of those languages reaches one in 100 people. Swansea's share is below Lake Macquarie. It's a short list: 15 languages in all.

Residents
4,569
Speak another language
2.0%+143%
Languages spoken
15
Born overseas
7.1%

Which languages other than English are spoken in Swansea?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Indonesian
    15
  2. 02
    French
    12
  3. 03
    Auslan
    9
  4. 04
    Korean
    8
  5. 05
    Filipino
    7
  6. 06
    Nepali
    5
  7. 07
    Portuguese
    5
  8. 08
    Bengali
    4
  9. 09
    Cebuano
    4
  10. 10
    German
    4+33.3%

Where does Swansea sit against Australia as a whole?

Australia as a whole has a higher share than Swansea.

Swansea (NSW)
2.0%
Lake Macquarie
4.3%
Australia
21.3%

Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home.

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, by suburb and locality. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.

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Swansea (NSW) is part of Lake Macquarie, which has its own page with every suburb compared. For material in these languages, get a quote for translation.