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Languages spoken in Mernda

38.0% of Mernda residents speak a language other than English at home, across 88 languages (ABS Census 2021).

22,922

Residents

38.0%

+80.3%

Speak a language other than English

88

Languages spoken

33.6%

+84.9%

Born overseas

Most spoken languages

Speakers at the 2021 Census, with change since 2016.

  1. 01
    Punjabi
    1,107+179%
  2. 02
    Hindi
    674+126%
  3. 03
    Arabic
    577+68.7%
  4. 04
    Malayalam
    527+221%
  5. 05
    Sinhalese
    446+65.2%
  6. 06
    Greek
    438+26.2%
  7. 07
    Italian
    422+5.0%
  8. 08
    Macedonian
    420+16.3%
  9. 09
    Gujarati
    383+178%
  10. 10
    Persian (excluding Dari)
    311+205%

Where residents were born

33.6% born overseas, across 86 countries.

  1. 01
    India
    2,385+148%
  2. 02
    Sri Lanka
    510+59.4%
  3. 03
    Philippines
    409+70.4%
  4. 04
    New Zealand
    357+33.2%
  5. 05
    England
    346+21.4%
  6. 06
    Iran
    317+202%
  7. 07
    Italy
    271+62.3%
  8. 08
    Nepal
    258+659%
  9. 09
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    216+58.8%
  10. 10
    North Macedonia
    206

Religious affiliation

Reported affiliation in Mernda at the 2021 Census.

  1. 01
    Christianity
    10,435+23.2%
  2. 02
    No religion or secular beliefs
    6,669+53.3%
  3. 03
    Hinduism
    2,212+159%
  4. 04
    Islam
    1,236+98.7%
  5. 05
    Buddhism
    690+76.5%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    11+267%

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