7.7% ▼ -67.2%
Lower than 74% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Hume · Federal Electorate
Language in Hume
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 87.3% of people in Hume. This reflects a community where very few people speak a language other than English at home, a figure that has dropped sharply in recent years.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 7.7% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3% and fell 16 points since 2011. Similarly, the 0.8% who speak little or no English is well below the New South Wales average.
0.8% ▲ +14.9%
Lower than 76% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.8%
Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Hume [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED120/hume/topic/language