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Fairfield - East · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Language in Fairfield - East

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

A far higher proportion of people use a language other than English at home in Fairfield - East compared to the rest of the country. Roughly 67% of residents speak another language, which is over 40 percentage points above the New South Wales average.

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📍 Fairfield - East, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Arabic (21%) and Vietnamese (18.1%) are the most common languages after English, which is spoken only by 23.1% of residents. This high linguistic diversity is reflected in the 19.3% of people who speak little or no English, a figure far above the national average of 3.4%.

People using another language at home

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66.8% ▼ -4.6%

Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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19.3% ▼ -2.1%

Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.

Language used at home

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Fairfield - East splits fairly evenly between English only (32%) and Arabic (29%), with Vietnamese at 25%.

English only 23.1% Arabic 21.0% Vietnamese 18.1% Cantonese 3.9% Mandarin 2.8% Tagalog 0.7% Italian 0.6% Hindi 0.6% Greek 0.4% Punjabi 0.3%

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Fairfield - East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/125031480/fairfield-east/topic/language