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1997 land survey, 34.71% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 56.38% is used for farming or pastures, while 2.79% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 2.3% is covered with buildings, 0.62% is industrial, 0.33% is classed as special developments, 0.13% is parks or greenbelts and 2.01% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 0.1% is unproductive standing water (ponds or lakes), 0.39% is unproductive flowing water (rivers) and 0.23% is other unproductive land.
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Menznau has an area, as of 2006, of 30.4 km (11.7 sq mi). Of this area, 59.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 34.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 5.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.6%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). In the
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Menznau has a population (as of 31 December 2020) of 2,966. As of 2007, 189 or about 6.8% are not Swiss citizens. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -3.1%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (94.0%), with
Albanian being second most common ( 2.9%) and
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As of 2000 there are 929 households, of which 215 households (or about 23.1%) contain only a single individual. 174 or about 18.7% are large households, with at least five members. As of 2000 there were 519 inhabited buildings in the municipality, of which 289 were built only as housing, and 230
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The age distribution, as of 2008, in
Menznau is; 767 people or 27.7% of the population is 0–19 years old. 728 people or 26.3% are 20–39 years old, and 916 people or 33.1% are 40–64 years old. The senior population distribution is 264 people or 9.5% are 65–79 years old, 67 or 2.4% are 80–89 years
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In the 2000 census the religious membership of
Menznau was; 2,389 (83.8%) were Roman Catholic, and 212 (7.4%) were Protestant, with an additional 13 (0.46%) that were of some other Christian faith. There are 64 individuals (2.25% of the population) who are Muslim. Of the rest; there were 11
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buildings. There were 176 single family homes, 54 double family homes, and 59 multi-family homes in the municipality. Most homes were either two (144) or three (102) story structures. There were only 18 single story buildings and 25 four or more story buildings.
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Menznau has an unemployment rate of 1.02%. As of 2005, there were 392 people employed in the
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