Menai, Sutherland

Languages spoken in Menai

At the 2021 Census, 16 per cent of residents in Menai spoke a language other than English at home, most often Greek. The next largest is Arabic. The share speaking another language is below the figure for Australia as a whole.

Residents
10,532
Speak another language
16.1%+1.0%
Languages spoken
55
Born overseas
17.3%

What's spoken at home in Menai?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Greek
    243+2.1%
  2. 02
    Arabic
    222+8.8%
  3. 03
    Macedonian
    196+15.3%
  4. 04
    Mandarin
    171+11.0%
  5. 05
    Cantonese
    125+9.6%
  6. 06
    Spanish
    89-31.5%
  7. 07
    Italian
    79-6.0%
  8. 08
    Russian
    54+14.9%
  9. 09
    Vietnamese
    36-21.7%
  10. 10
    Polish
    32-28.9%

Where were Menai's residents born?

England is the most common overseas birthplace.

  1. 01
    England
    275-1.4%
  2. 02
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    150+4.9%
  3. 03
    South Africa
    127+4.1%
  4. 04
    New Zealand
    114+2.7%
  5. 05
    North Macedonia
    103
  6. 06
    Egypt
    77+8.5%
  7. 07
    India
    65-3.0%
  8. 08
    Philippines
    59+18.0%
  9. 09
    Lebanon
    55+37.5%
  10. 10
    Italy
    50-18.0%

Where does Menai sit against New South Wales?

New South Wales has a higher share than Menai.

Menai
16.1%
Australia
21.3%
New South Wales
25.7%

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

What's Menai's religious mix?

  1. 01
    Christianity
    7,256-5.2%
  2. 02
    No religion or secular beliefs
    2,691+32.6%
  3. 03
    Islam
    173+21.8%
  4. 04
    Hinduism
    91-4.2%
  5. 05
    Buddhism
    76-25.5%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    11-15.4%

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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