Mandarin
10 speakers
Used at home by fewer than one in 100 residents.
Torres, Queensland
Languages spoken in Torres
The 2021 Census counted about 1,500 people in Torres speaking a First Nations language at home, with Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole) the most common. Three languages clear the one-in-100 mark. Nationally, the share speaking another language is less than half of Torres'.
- Residents
- 3,363
- Speak another language
- 1,599
- Languages at home
- 26
- Change since 2016
- −4.3%
What First Nations languages are spoken at home in Torres?
The census names Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole), Kalaw Kawaw Ya/Kalaw Lagaw Ya and Aboriginal English, so described as the most spoken First Nations languages. Among residents who speak another language at home, a First Nations language is the choice of 92 per cent of them.
- 011,322+5.9%
- 0274+21.3%
- 0355
- 0423+21.1%
The ABS’s own post-enumeration survey found the census missed a much larger share of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people than of the population overall, so counts here are best read as a floor.
How different is Torres from Queensland?
Torres has more than three times the rate of other-language speakers found across Queensland. In Queensland, 43 councils rank above Torres.
- Torres
- 47.5%
- Queensland
- 12.2%
- Australia
- 21.3%
Shares are calculated the same way for each area, so the bars compare directly.
What are all the languages spoken in Torres?
Counts are people who speak the language at home; the chip is their change since 2016. Catch-all ABS groups aren't listed.
- 011,322+5.9%
- 0274+21.3%
- 0355
- 0423+21.1%
- 0510
- 069-43.8%
- 078
- 087-41.7%
- 096+50.0%
- 105
Which other languages are spoken in Torres?
These lead among languages from overseas.
Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languagesLEXIGO works in multicultural communication. First Nations languages are optional to display and are not counted in the multicultural rankings.
Where in Torres is English least common at home?
Pick a suburb to see its languages in full.
- HornLed by Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole)53%284
- Thursday IslandLed by Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole)47%1,303
- Prince Of WalesLed by Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole)22%12
- Jardine River0%0
- The larger figure is each suburb's share speaking a language other than English; the smaller is people. 4 suburbs listed.
Where does Torres sit on the map of Australia's languages?
The shading shows how many residents speak a multicultural languageany language other than English at home, on ABS ASGS 2021 boundaries. Compare Torres with its neighbours on the full map.
ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021: language used at home, by Statistical Area Level 2, rolled up to Local Government Area. Change is measured from 2016.
Blank answers matter here. 348 residents gave none, and they're left out of the 47.5%. Count them in and it's 57.9%; drop them from the base and it's 53.0%.
Figures for Torres itself aren't affected by the small gap between summed suburbs and ABS national totals. Unnamed ABS categories are in every total and out of every ranked list.
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