Of the 17,000 population, 70 percent are Hakka. Although most of the older people only speak Hakka, young people are also fluent in Mandarin Chinese, the national language of the Republic of China.
一萬七千的人口中，有百分之七十是客家人，老一輩的，都操客家話，年輕的一輩，除了客家話外，也都能說得一口流利標準的國語。