Swan Hill Rural City Council’s total population is 20584 (2016 Census). The Swan Hill City area has approximately 11,000 residents.
This is followed by the Robinvale district area with 3300 residents.
The remainder of the municipality’s population is spread across the smaller rural townships of: Beverford, Lake Boga, Manangatang, Nyah, Nyah West, Piangil, Ultima, Wood Wood and Woorinen South.
Of the 20,584 people living in the municipality 50.4% are male and 49.6% are female.
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4% of the population.
In the municipality, only 76% of people speak English at home. Other languages spoken at home include
Italian 1.9%
Tongan 1.2%
Vietnamese 1.1%
Mandarin 0.9%
Punjabi 0.8%
