Maroubra, Randwick

What Maroubra speaks at home

At the 2021 Census, 34 per cent of residents in Maroubra spoke a language other than English at home, most often Greek. The next largest is Mandarin. The share speaking another language is 1.6 times the figure for Australia as a whole.

Residents
30,310
Speak another language
33.9%-10.2%
Languages spoken
80
Born overseas
39.8%

Which languages lead in Maroubra?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Greek
    1,295-15.6%
  2. 02
    Mandarin
    1,208-43.4%
  3. 03
    Cantonese
    1,114-18.7%
  4. 04
    Portuguese
    1,083+91.3%
  5. 05
    French
    844+47.6%
  6. 06
    Spanish
    659+8.6%
  7. 07
    Indonesian
    637-23.6%
  8. 08
    Russian
    534+3.3%
  9. 09
    Italian
    379-19.0%
  10. 10
    Arabic
    209-48.6%

Where were Maroubra's residents born?

Overseas-born residents make up about 12,000 people, most often from England.

  1. 01
    England
    1,254+21.7%
  2. 02
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    1,047-48.7%
  3. 03
    Brazil
    989+146%
  4. 04
    Indonesia
    661-17.8%
  5. 05
    Ireland
    582+50.0%
  6. 06
    South Africa
    480+4.1%
  7. 07
    France
    476+41.2%
  8. 08
    Greece
    476-5.0%
  9. 09
    New Zealand
    470-6.4%
  10. 10
    Hong Kong (SAR of China)
    401-20.1%

Where does Maroubra sit against New South Wales?

The share speaking another language is 1.3 times the figure for New South Wales.

Maroubra
33.9%
Australia
21.3%
New South Wales
25.7%

Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home.

What's Maroubra's religious mix?

  1. 01
    Christianity
    15,202-2.3%
  2. 02
    No religion or secular beliefs
    10,413+16.2%
  3. 03
    Judaism
    1,581+7.5%
  4. 04
    Buddhism
    807-15.3%
  5. 05
    Islam
    356-23.9%
  6. 06
    Hinduism
    221+21.4%

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, by suburb and locality. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.

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