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Languages spoken in Fairfield Heights

76.0% of Fairfield Heights residents speak a language other than English at home, across 44 languages (ABS Census 2021).

8,186

Residents

76.0%

+8.8%

Speak a language other than English

44

Languages spoken

64.5%

+19.5%

Born overseas

Most spoken languages

Speakers at the 2021 Census, with change since 2016.

  1. 01
    Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
    1,639+27.4%
  2. 02
    Arabic
    1,209+19.5%
  3. 03
    Vietnamese
    951+2.6%
  4. 04
    Chaldean Neo-Aramaic
    795+35.7%
  5. 05
    Khmer
    222-7.1%
  6. 06
    Cantonese
    185-11.1%
  7. 07
    Spanish
    147-25.4%
  8. 08
    Mandarin
    134-23.0%
  9. 09
    Serbian
    130+7.4%
  10. 10
    Italian
    114-26.5%

Where residents were born

64.5% born overseas, across 49 countries.

  1. 01
    Iraq
    2,365+26.0%
  2. 02
    Vietnam
    734+8.9%
  3. 03
    Syria
    676+219%
  4. 04
    Cambodia
    238+5.8%
  5. 05
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    120-17.2%
  6. 06
    Lebanon
    111+18.1%
  7. 07
    Italy
    105-19.2%
  8. 08
    New Zealand
    96+3.2%
  9. 09
    Philippines
    81-10.0%
  10. 10
    Bosnia and Herzegovina
    70+34.6%

Religious affiliation

Reported affiliation in Fairfield Heights at the 2021 Census.

  1. 01
    Christianity
    5,332+15.8%
  2. 02
    Buddhism
    9280%
  3. 03
    No religion or secular beliefs
    776+9.3%
  4. 04
    Islam
    530-8.9%
  5. 05
    Hinduism
    38-40.6%

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