Light Rail. Heritage listings Lilyfield has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: Balmain Road: Callan Park Hospital for the Insane Balmain Road: Broughton Hall Piper Street: White's Creek Aqueduct Population At the 2021 census the population of Lilyfield was 7,641. According to the 2016 census of population, there were 7,616 people in Lilyfield. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.3% of the population. 67.5% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were England 6.0% and New Zealand 2.8%. 77.3% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 3.7% and Greek 1.8%. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 41.0% and Catholic 25.4%. The 2011 census of population shows there were 7,342 people in Lilyfield, with a median age of 38. In the 2006 census there were 6,761 people in Lilyfield, while in the 2001 census gives a total population of 6,945. Transport Lilyfield station, in Catherine Street, is served by the Inner West Light Rail. The station opened in 2000, using a disused goods railway line from Central railway station. The stop was the western terminus of the light rail until 2014, when the line was extended along the route of another disused railway line to Dulwich Hill. Lilyfield was also the terminus of a tram line in the original Sydney tram system. The 470 bus service runs from Lilyfield to the Sydney CBD via Glebe, Broadway and Elizabeth Street. The 370 service runs from Leichhardt to Coogee via King Street, Newtown. The 440 service runs from Rozelle to Bondi Junction via Leichhardt, Camperdown and Paddington. The 445 services run from Balmain to Campsie railway station, via Norton Street. Route 447 includes a diversion to serve the Lilyfield light rail station. The City West Link is a major arterial road, which is part of the A4 and crosses the Anzac Bridge. It provides an alternative route to Parramatta Road for the Sydney CBD from Ashfield. Bicycle routes in Lilyfield include part of the regional east-west route from Parramatta to the Sydney CBD, along Lilyfield Road, the Bay Run path around Iron Cove, and the Whites Creek path, which provides a north-south route from Parramatta Road to The Crescent at White Bay. Parks and recreation Leichhardt Park, which includes the Leichhardt Park Aquatic Centre was originally part of Leichhardt, as was Leichhardt Oval. the home