88.6% ▲ +7.9%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 82.1%
- 2016: 77.2%
- 2021: 88.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Hermannsburg · Suburb / Locality
Language in Hermannsburg
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 89% of people in Hermannsburg use a language other than English at home, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas in the region. This high level of diversity means that for the vast majority of residents, daily life involves speaking a language other than English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
With 88.6% of people speaking another language at home, the figure is far above the national average of 22.3%. This is consistent with the 8% of residents who speak little or no English, which is well above the Northern Territory figure of 3.9%.
8.0% ▲ +46.4%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 8.0%
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 Hermannsburg [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70124/hermannsburg/topic/language