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Fairfield, Fairfield

Languages spoken in Fairfield (NSW)

Fairfield, in Fairfield, is a suburb of many languages: about 14,000 people spoke something other than English at home at the 2021 Census. Behind it sits Assyrian Neo-Aramaic. Fairfield is about level with Fairfield. The census lists 70 languages spoken at home here.

Residents
18,183
Speak another language
75.3%0%
Languages spoken
70
Born overseas
64.7%

What are Fairfield's most spoken languages?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  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%

Why doesn't one language lead in Fairfield?

The largest, Arabic, is spoken by about 3,000 people. In all, 10 languages each reach at least one resident in 100.

Which countries are Fairfield's residents from?

Iraq is the most common overseas birthplace.

  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%

How does Fairfield compare with Australia as a whole?

The share speaking another language is more than three times the figure for Australia as a whole.

Fairfield (NSW)
75.3%
Fairfield
69.4%
Australia
21.3%

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

What religions are reported in Fairfield?

  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

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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