We are Greater Hume

2 per cent.

2 in every 100 Greater Hume residents speak a language other than English at home. 172 people, in 28 languages — small enough to be overlooked, large enough to be a community.

Our population
11,084
Speak another language
172
Languages at home
28
Growth since last census
+22.9%

Most of us speak English at home. 172 of us do not, across 28 languages, most often German, Fijian and Japanese. Small communities are the ones a mainstream service misses first and notices last — which is the whole reason to count them.

In New South Wales

#116

of 128 New South Wales councils for the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. #481 of 540 nationally.

What makes our community ours

German

21 speakers

German is spoken by 21 of our residents at home, 0.2% of Greater Hume.

Fijian

20 speakers

Fijian is spoken by 20 of our residents at home, 0.2% of Greater Hume.

Japanese

14 speakers

Japanese is spoken by 14 of our residents at home, 0.1% of Greater Hume.

The languages of Greater Hume

28 languages carry the conversation at home. Every one of them is spoken here.

Each block below is scaled to the number of people who speak that language at home, and tinted by how fast that community has grown since the last census.

  • Grew 50%+
  • 25%+
  • 10%+
  • Held
  • Slipped
  • Declined 10%+
  • Not comparable
The 18 most spoken languages in Greater Hume, covering 151 speakers. Area is speakers at the 2021 Census; tint is the change since 2016. Every figure is also in the table below.

Every language, in order

Speakers at the 2021 Census, with the change since 2016. Broader ABS categories such as “Chinese, nfd” are counted in our totals but left out of this list, so the percentages can exceed the sum of the languages shown.

  1. 01
    German
    21+10.5%
  2. 02
    Fijian
    20+17.6%
  3. 03
    Japanese
    14+100%
  4. 04
    Arabic
    12+200%
  5. 05
    Tagalog
    12
  6. 06
    Auslan
    9-18.2%
  7. 07
    Spanish
    7+40.0%
  8. 08
    Gujarati
    7
  9. 09
    Tamil
    7
  10. 10
    Maori (New Zealand)
    6+100%

Why we publish this

1.6% of us

We share this portrait because a council below the New South Wales average is the one most likely to be planned for as though everybody here reads English. 172 of us do not, at home, and a service that reaches everyone except them has not reached everyone. This almanac exists so that the number is on the record before the decision is made.

Who we are, beyond language

Where we were born

4.5% of us were born overseas, across 26 countries.

  1. 01
    England
    199-1.0%
  2. 02
    New Zealand
    83-3.5%
  3. 03
    Germany
    450%
  4. 04
    India
    25
  5. 05
    Netherlands
    24-36.8%
  6. 06
    Philippines
    24+50.0%
  7. 07
    Fiji
    11-35.3%
  8. 08
    United States of America
    10+11.1%
  9. 09
    Scotland
    8+167%
  10. 10
    South Africa
    6+100%

What we believe

Reported affiliation in Greater Hume at the 2021 Census, with the change since 2016.

  1. 01
    Christianity
    6,447-9.8%
  2. 02
    No religion or secular beliefs
    3,506+55.4%
  3. 03
    Buddhism
    29-6.5%
  4. 04
    Hinduism
    22+450%
  5. 05
    Islam
    16+220%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    30%

Our suburbs

Our linguistic character changes street by street. Click through to any of our 16 suburbs for its own portrait: the languages spoken there, the communities calling it home.

Where we are

Greater Hume shaded by the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. Boundaries are ABS ASGS 2021. See every council on one map.

In context

Greater Hume
1.6%
New South Wales
25.7%
Australia
21.3%

1.6% of Greater Hume residents speak a language other than English at home, against 25.7% for New South Wales and 21.3% nationally. Drawn from the 2021 Census.

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.

How the headline share is counted. 1.6% is 172 residents as a share of all 11,084 of us. A further 922 did not state a language at all, and we do not count them as speaking one — counting every non-response as a non-English speaker would put this figure at 9.9%, which is a larger number and a weaker claim. Measured only across the residents who answered, the share is 1.7%. If you have seen a higher figure quoted for Greater Hume, it is almost certainly one of those two.

Two further caveats we would rather state than bury. Summing suburbs omits residents not allocated to one — no usual address, migratory and unincorporated areas — so national totals sit a little under the ABS published figures; the Greater Hume figures on this page are unaffected. And ranked language lists exclude ABS residual categories such as “Chinese, nfd”, which are not languages anyone can order a translation in; they remain inside the headline total.

Need this community reached in its own languages? Talk to us about translation in Greater Hume.