Lilyfield, Inner West

The languages of Lilyfield

At the 2021 Census, 15 per cent of residents in Lilyfield spoke a language other than English at home, most often Italian. The next largest is Greek. Lilyfield's share is below New South Wales. Residents speak 43 languages between them.

Residents
7,497
Speak another language
14.5%-8.0%
Languages spoken
43
Born overseas
24.9%

What languages are spoken in Lilyfield?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Italian
    220-20.0%
  2. 02
    Greek
    126-2.3%
  3. 03
    Cantonese
    84+18.3%
  4. 04
    Mandarin
    80+19.4%
  5. 05
    Spanish
    75+5.6%
  6. 06
    Vietnamese
    49+4.3%
  7. 07
    Portuguese
    41+32.3%
  8. 08
    Serbian
    38-20.8%
  9. 09
    German
    36-7.7%
  10. 10
    Arabic
    31-29.5%

Where were Lilyfield's residents born?

Overseas-born residents make up about 1,900 people, most often from England.

  1. 01
    England
    450-2.4%
  2. 02
    New Zealand
    194-9.3%
  3. 03
    Italy
    146-11.0%
  4. 04
    Scotland
    71+73.2%
  5. 05
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    70+11.1%
  6. 06
    Greece
    69-5.5%
  7. 07
    United States of America
    64+12.3%
  8. 08
    Ireland
    55-11.3%
  9. 09
    South Africa
    46+43.8%
  10. 10
    Malaysia
    39+144%

Is Lilyfield more multilingual than Australia as a whole?

Australia as a whole has a higher share than Lilyfield.

Lilyfield
14.5%
New South Wales
25.7%
Australia
21.3%

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

What's Lilyfield's religious mix?

  1. 01
    No religion or secular beliefs
    3,810+19.6%
  2. 02
    Christianity
    3,071-10.5%
  3. 03
    Buddhism
    135+19.5%
  4. 04
    Islam
    54-1.8%
  5. 05
    Hinduism
    50+456%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    36+100%

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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Lilyfield is part of Inner West, which has its own page with every suburb compared. For material in these languages, get a quote for translation.