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Enfield, Burwood

The languages of Enfield

The 2021 Census found Chinese spoken at home by about 490 people in Enfield, well ahead of any other language. Arabic comes next. Burwood has much the same share. For the wider picture, Burwood has a page of its own.

Residents
2,949
Speak another language
51.3%-0.9%
Languages spoken
41
Born overseas
43.4%

How large is Enfield's Chinese-speaking community?

Chinese at home

17%

Most of these speak Mandarin, with Cantonese next.

What's spoken in Enfield besides Chinese?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Mandarin
    309+6.6%
  2. 02
    Arabic
    189+8.6%
  3. 03
    Cantonese
    176-6.4%
  4. 04
    Italian
    151-5.6%
  5. 05
    Korean
    124-12.7%
  6. 06
    Greek
    116-3.3%
  7. 07
    Spanish
    67+24.1%
  8. 08
    Hindi
    42+31.3%
  9. 09
    Vietnamese
    40-16.7%
  10. 10
    Indonesian
    32+23.1%

Is Enfield more multilingual than New South Wales?

New South Wales has a lower share than Enfield.

Enfield (NSW)
51.3%
Burwood
56.5%
New South Wales
25.7%

Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home.

Where were Enfield's residents born?

Overseas-born residents make up 43 per cent of residents, most often from China.

  1. 01
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    284-5.0%
  2. 02
    India
    95+11.8%
  3. 03
    Italy
    82-3.5%
  4. 04
    Lebanon
    79+6.8%
  5. 05
    Korea, Republic of (South)
    77-31.3%
  6. 06
    Hong Kong (SAR of China)
    66+15.8%
  7. 07
    Philippines
    44+7.3%
  8. 08
    Greece
    42-12.5%
  9. 09
    Vietnam
    40-4.8%
  10. 10
    Sri Lanka
    34+6.3%

What's Enfield's religious mix?

  1. 01
    Christianity
    1,746+4.9%
  2. 02
    No religion or secular beliefs
    747+18.0%
  3. 03
    Hinduism
    161+38.8%
  4. 04
    Buddhism
    105-27.6%
  5. 05
    Islam
    83+31.7%

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, by suburb and locality. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.

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Enfield (NSW) is part of Burwood, which has its own page with every suburb compared. For material in these languages, get a quote for translation.