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Languages spoken in Fairfield (NSW)

75.3% of Fairfield (NSW) residents speak a language other than English at home, across 70 languages (ABS Census 2021).

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18,183

Residents

75.3%

0%

Speak a language other than English

70

Languages spoken

64.7%

+6.4%

Born overseas

Most spoken languages

Speakers at the 2021 Census, with change since 2016.

  1. 01
    Arabic
    3,045+20.0%
  2. 02
    Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
    2,818+8.6%
  3. 03
    Vietnamese
    2,226+14.5%
  4. 04
    Chaldean Neo-Aramaic
    1,103-9.0%
  5. 05
    Mandarin
    530-5.4%
  6. 06
    Cantonese
    514-8.1%
  7. 07
    Khmer
    416+4.8%
  8. 08
    Spanish
    416-31.2%
  9. 09
    Serbian
    282-25.0%
  10. 10
    Min Nan
    183+40.8%

Where residents were born

64.7% born overseas, across 71 countries.

  1. 01
    Iraq
    4,185+4.2%
  2. 02
    Vietnam
    1,813+13.5%
  3. 03
    Syria
    1,541+128%
  4. 04
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    478-1.0%
  5. 05
    Cambodia
    385-0.5%
  6. 06
    Philippines
    288-6.8%
  7. 07
    Lebanon
    272+32.7%
  8. 08
    Iran
    196-51.1%
  9. 09
    New Zealand
    171-27.8%
  10. 10
    Bosnia and Herzegovina
    168-5.6%

Religious affiliation

Reported affiliation in Fairfield (NSW) at the 2021 Census.

  1. 01
    Christianity
    10,520+3.4%
  2. 02
    No religion or secular beliefs
    2,206+14.5%
  3. 03
    Buddhism
    2,164+4.2%
  4. 04
    Islam
    1,542-10.6%
  5. 05
    Hinduism
    222+6.7%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    4

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