the most common languages in the area after English. Indigenous Australians numbered 32 people (1.1%) which was less than the state and national figures. The population had a greater proportion of people in de facto relationships and a smaller proportion of people in registered marriages than the New South Wales and Australian figures. It had a greater proportion of people stating that they had no religion (33.4%) but fewer Anglicans (9.5%) than the state and national figures, while the proportion of Roman Catholics (25.9%) was lower than New South Wales (27.5%) but slightly higher than the national figures (25.3%). Notable residents Clive Caldwell (1910–1994), World War II air ace Les Haylen (1898–1977), author and politician, he was the local federal member of parliament from 1943-1963. John Shand (1897–1959), prominent Sydney barrister from the 1920s to the 1950s who took on a number of very high-profile cases of the day. Mother Xavier (1870–1938) who was head of the Little Company of Mary (1899–1929) which ran Lewisham Hospital and helped make it one of the top hospitals in Sydney. Patrick Joseph Hartigan, Australian bush poet, who wrote under the pseudonym "John O'Grady". Percy Hordern (1864–1926), a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council died in Lewisham. References External links [CC-By-SA] Inner West Council - History of Suburbs. Suburbs of Sydney Inner West