Jacana, Hume
What Jacana speaks at home
Jacana, in Hume, is a suburb of many languages: about 1,000 people spoke something other than English at home at the 2021 Census. Behind it sits Nepali. The share speaking another language is more than twice the figure for Australia as a whole.
- Residents
- 2,163
- Speak another language
- 47.6%+5.9%
- Languages spoken
- 41
- Born overseas
- 44.5%
How do Jacana's languages rank?
- 01Arabic187+54.5%
- 02Nepali140+775%
- 03Urdu112+38.3%
- 04Vietnamese71+57.8%
- 05Turkish67-27.2%
- 06Punjabi52-32.5%
- 07Greek34-8.1%
- 08Mandarin34+162%
- 09Sinhalese31+34.8%
- 10Spanish27-34.1%
Why doesn't one language lead in Jacana?
Even Arabic, the biggest, reaches only 187 people. In all, 14 languages each reach at least one resident in 100.
Which countries are Jacana's residents from?
Overseas-born residents make up more than two in five residents, most often from Nepal.
- 01Nepal127+694%
- 02India105-9.5%
- 03Pakistan99+7.6%
- 04Syria72+89.5%
- 05Vietnam57+29.5%
- 06Turkey46+27.8%
- 07Lebanon39+14.7%
- 08Sri Lanka33-28.3%
- 09China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)30+50.0%
- 10Italy29+52.6%
Where does Jacana sit against Hume?
Hume has much the same share.
- Jacana
- 47.6%
- Australia
- 21.3%
- Hume
- 48.2%
Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home.
What religions are reported in Jacana?
- 01Christianity767-15.9%
- 02No religion or secular beliefs523+29.1%
- 03Islam385+7.5%
- 04Hinduism193+147%
- 05Buddhism86+19.4%
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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