German
21 speakers
That's fewer than one in 100 residents.
Greater Hume, New South Wales
Languages other than English in Greater Hume
German is the most common language after English in Greater Hume, though only 172 people speak anything other than English at home, the 2021 Census found. Only a small margin separates Fijian from the leader. Fewer than 100 councils have a lower share.
- Residents
- 11,084
- Speak another language
- 172
- Languages at home
- 28
- Change since 2016
- +22.9%
Which languages are heard at home in Greater Hume?
The largest communities are small, but they're here: German, Fijian and Japanese.
How does Greater Hume compare with the City of Sydney?
In the City of Sydney, the share speaking another language is more than double. Greater Hume is 114th of 128 across New South Wales.
- Greater Hume
- 1.6%
- City of Sydney
- 33.9%
- New South Wales
- 25.7%
Every figure leaves unanswered questions out of the count, so the areas compare like for like.
How even is Greater Hume from suburb to suburb?
No suburb stands far apart; Culcairn is highest and Gerogery lowest.
The suburb names link through to their own figures.
- Rosewood (Snowy Valleys - NSW)Led by Slovak4%8
- CulcairnLed by Fijian3%47
- WymahLed by Spanish2%7
- Walla WallaLed by Dutch2%16
- BurrumbuttockLed by German2%7
- Henty (NSW)Led by Japanese2%18
- HolbrookLed by Gujarati1%24
- MoorwathaLed by Filipino1%3
- JinderaLed by Arabic1%32
- GerogeryLed by German1%7
- Lankeys CreekLed by Cantonese1%3
- Mountain Creek (NSW)0%0
- Brocklesby0%0
- Talmalmo0%0
- Goombargana0%0
- Jingellic0%0
- 16 suburbs in Greater Hume. The percentage is residents speaking a language other than English at home; the figure beneath it is how many people that is.
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, language used at home by Statistical Area Level 2, aggregated to Local Government Area. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.
Other sources sometimes quote 9.9% for Greater Hume. That figure treats the 922 unanswered forms as another language. This page uses 1.6%, and 1.7% is the share among those who answered.
National totals here run slightly under ABS published figures, because summing suburbs misses people without a usual address. Broad ABS categories count in the totals but not in the ranked lists.
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