Lakemba, Canterbury-Bankstown
Languages spoken in Lakemba
The 2021 Census counted 73 per cent of residents in Lakemba speaking another language at home, across 64 languages led by Bengali. The next largest is Urdu. New South Wales has a lower share than Lakemba. Residents speak 64 languages between them.
- Residents
- 16,846
- Speak another language
- 72.7%-6.4%
- Languages spoken
- 64
- Born overseas
- 59.0%
What are Lakemba's most spoken languages?
- 01Bengali3,1680%
- 02Urdu2,257+27.2%
- 03Arabic1,774-23.9%
- 04Vietnamese649-4.3%
- 05Rohingya571-16.3%
- 06Indonesian529-21.2%
- 07Greek431-34.5%
- 08Cantonese399-17.4%
- 09Hindi271+2.3%
- 10Burmese266+10.4%
How spread out are Lakemba's languages?
Even Bengali, the biggest, reaches only nearly one in five residents. In all, 12 languages each reach at least one resident in 100.
Where were Lakemba's residents born?
Bangladesh is the most common overseas birthplace.
- 01Bangladesh2,550-3.0%
- 02India1,483+72.0%
- 03Pakistan904-19.8%
- 04Myanmar744-8.8%
- 05Lebanon580-18.8%
- 06Vietnam555+0.9%
- 07Indonesia434-10.0%
- 08Greece3360%
- 09China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)322-15.3%
- 10Nepal165+206%
How does Lakemba compare with Australia as a whole?
The share speaking another language is more than three times the figure for Australia as a whole.
- Lakemba
- 72.7%
- New South Wales
- 25.7%
- Australia
- 21.3%
Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home.
What's Lakemba's religious mix?
- 01Islam10,451+3.7%
- 02Christianity2,860-19.9%
- 03No religion or secular beliefs1,183+5.0%
- 04Buddhism416-2.6%
- 05Hinduism352+24.4%
- 06Judaism4
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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