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Greater Hume Shire · Council (LGA)

Language in Greater Hume Shire

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

Nearly 90% of people in Greater Hume Shire speak only English at home. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than the rest of the state and the nation. The proportion of people using other languages has barely changed over the last decade.

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📍 Greater Hume Shire, Council (LGA)

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 2.1% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. Because of this, the share of people who speak little or no English is very low at 0.2%.

People using another language at home

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2.1% ▲ +22.1%

Lower than 90% of council (lga) areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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0.2% ▼ -10.9%

Lower than 78% of council (lga) areas.

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.

Language used at home

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In Greater Hume Shire, English only is the majority at 100%; Arabic is next at 0%.

English only 89.8% Arabic 0.1% Italian 0.1% Tagalog 0.1% Punjabi 0.1% Mandarin 0.0% Vietnamese 0.0% Cantonese 0.0%

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 Greater Hume Shire [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA13340/greater-hume-shire/topic/language