Browse mixed in Lakemba

Overview

Lakemba sits 12 km south‑west of Sydney’s CBD, cradled in the Cooks River watershed where a bike‑and‑walk trail links the suburb to Belfield, Olympic Park and Botany Bay. The bustling Haldon Street precinct offers a kale‑kale of international foods, from Mediterranean delis to the famed nightly Ramadan markets that draw thousands each year, and a range of churches, mosques and a public library serve its richly multicultural community. In the 2021 Census the suburb counted 17 092 residents, with 61 % identifying as Muslim and a linguistic tapestry that includes Bengali, Urdu and Arabic alongside English.