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Language in Fairfield

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

Over 75% of people in Fairfield speak a language other than English at home, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas in the country. This is far above the national figure of 22.3%, with a huge variety of cultural backgrounds reflected in the local speech.

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📍 Fairfield, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Arabic is the most common language at 16.7%, while only 16% of residents speak English only. Because of this diversity, 28.7% of the community speak little or no English, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 4.5%.

People using another language at home

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75.6% ▼ -3.0%

Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

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

People who speak little or no English

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28.7% ▲ +4.4%

Higher than 99% of suburb / locality 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 splits fairly evenly between Arabic (31%) and English only (30%), with Vietnamese at 23%.

Arabic 16.7% English only 16.0% Vietnamese 12.0% Mandarin 3.0% Cantonese 2.8% Italian 1.0% Tagalog 0.9% Hindi 0.7% Greek 0.2% Punjabi 0.1%

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 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11480/fairfield/topic/language