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Languages spoken in Lakemba

72.7% of Lakemba residents speak a language other than English at home, across 64 languages (ABS Census 2021).

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16,846

Residents

72.7%

-6.4%

Speak a language other than English

64

Languages spoken

59.0%

-3.1%

Born overseas

Most spoken languages

Speakers at the 2021 Census, with change since 2016.

  1. 01
    Bengali
    3,1680%
  2. 02
    Urdu
    2,257+27.2%
  3. 03
    Arabic
    1,774-23.9%
  4. 04
    Vietnamese
    649-4.3%
  5. 05
    Rohingya
    571-16.3%
  6. 06
    Indonesian
    529-21.2%
  7. 07
    Greek
    431-34.5%
  8. 08
    Cantonese
    399-17.4%
  9. 09
    Hindi
    271+2.3%
  10. 10
    Burmese
    266+10.4%

Where residents were born

59.0% born overseas, across 77 countries.

  1. 01
    Bangladesh
    2,550-3.0%
  2. 02
    India
    1,483+72.0%
  3. 03
    Pakistan
    904-19.8%
  4. 04
    Myanmar
    744-8.8%
  5. 05
    Lebanon
    580-18.8%
  6. 06
    Vietnam
    555+0.9%
  7. 07
    Indonesia
    434-10.0%
  8. 08
    Greece
    3360%
  9. 09
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    322-15.3%
  10. 10
    Nepal
    165+206%

Religious affiliation

Reported affiliation in Lakemba at the 2021 Census.

  1. 01
    Islam
    10,451+3.7%
  2. 02
    Christianity
    2,860-19.9%
  3. 03
    No religion or secular beliefs
    1,183+5.0%
  4. 04
    Buddhism
    416-2.6%
  5. 05
    Hinduism
    352+24.4%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    4

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