SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · New South Wales

Greater Hume

11,091 residents · 23+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
9.7%
1,073 people
Growth since last census
+50.1%
vs previous census
In context
0.31× New South Wales avg
0.35× national avg
Population
11,091
CALD residents
1,073
Languages spoken
23
Fastest-growing
+200%
Narrative

Why this matters

Greater Hume is home to 11,091 residents. 9.7% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 1,073 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Greater Hume into a single shareable document: the languages spoken at home, the communities growing fastest, and the suburb-level variation that a council-wide average hides.

Languages

The twelve most-spoken

Bars show share of LGA residents · growth since last census

  1. 01
    German21 · 0.2%
    10.5%
  2. 02
    Fijian20 · 0.2%
    53.8%
  3. 03
    Japanese14 · 0.1%
    100.0%
  4. 04
    Tagalog12 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Arabic12 · 0.1%
    200.0%
  6. 06
    Auslan9 · 0.1%
    18.2%
  1. 01
    Gujarati7 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  2. 02
    Tamil7 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  3. 03
    Spanish7 · 0.1%
    40.0%
  4. 04
    Thai6 · 0.1%
    100.0%
  5. 05
    Maori (New Zealand)6 · 0.1%
    100.0%
  6. 06
    Wiradjuri6 · 0.1%
    0.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 90%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 90.3%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 9.7%
German
21 · +10.5%
Fijian
20 · +53.8%
Japanese
14 · +100.0%
Tagalog
12 · 0.0%
Arabic
12 · +200.0%
Auslan
9 · -18.2%
Gujarati
7 · 0.0%
Tamil
7 · 0.0%
Spanish
7 · +40.0%
Thai
6 · +100.0%
Maori (New Zealand)
6 · +100.0%
Wiradjuri
6 · 0.0%
French
5 · -58.3%
Dutch
4 · -77.8%
Punjabi
4 · 0.0%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    German21 · 0.2%
    10.5%
  2. 02
    Fijian20 · 0.2%
    53.8%
  3. 03
    Japanese14 · 0.1%
    100.0%
  4. 04
    Tagalog12 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Arabic12 · 0.1%
    200.0%
  6. 06
    Auslan9 · 0.1%
    18.2%
  7. 07
    Gujarati7 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  8. 08
    Tamil7 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  9. 09
    Spanish7 · 0.1%
    40.0%
  10. 10
    Thai6 · 0.1%
    100.0%
  11. 11
    Maori (New Zealand)6 · 0.1%
    100.0%
  12. 12
    Wiradjuri6 · 0.1%
    0.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Arabic
+200.0%
12 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#2
Language
Japanese
+100.0%
14 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#3
Language
Thai
+100.0%
6 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
Use this data

Commission a gap report for Greater Hume.

We turn census data into targeted outreach plans: which documents to translate first, which community leaders to engage, where the gaps are.