88.6% ▼ -0.8%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 89.2%
- 2016: 77.2%
- 2021: 88.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Hermannsburg · Urban Centre
Language in Hermannsburg
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far higher share of people speak a language other than English at home in Hermannsburg (L) compared to the rest of the country. With 88.6% of residents using another language, this figure is 66 percentage points above the national average. This strong linguistic diversity has remained steady over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Most residents use a language other than English at home, while only 8.7% speak English only. This stands alongside a higher number of people who speak little or no English, which rose to 8.0% in 2021 and is well above the Northern Territory figure of 3.9%.
8.0% ▲ +46.4%
Higher than 96% of urban centre 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/ucl/UCL721006/hermannsburg/topic/language