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Thursday Island, Torres

What Thursday Island speaks at home

Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole) is the main language after English in Thursday Island, spoken at home by nearly two in five residents at the 2021 Census. Kalaw Kawaw Ya/Kalaw Lagaw Ya is second. The share speaking another language is close to the figure for Torres.

Residents
2,761
Speak another language
47.2%-4.1%
Languages spoken
17
Born overseas
5.7%

How many people in Thursday Island speak Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole)?

Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole) at home

39%

The next language, Kalaw Kawaw Ya/Kalaw Lagaw Ya, is a long way behind.

Which other languages are spoken in Thursday Island?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Japanese
    9-43.8%
  2. 02
    Dutch
    8
  3. 03
    Mandarin
    7
  4. 04
    Punjabi
    7-41.7%
  5. 05
    Swedish
    6+50.0%
  6. 06
    Tongan
    5
  7. 07
    Auslan
    4
  8. 08
    Greek
    4
  9. 09
    Indonesian
    4
  10. 10
    Vietnamese
    4

Is Thursday Island more multilingual than Australia as a whole?

Australia as a whole has a lower share than Thursday Island.

Thursday Island
47.2%
Torres
47.5%
Australia
21.3%

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

Which countries are Thursday Island's residents from?

New Zealand is the most common overseas birthplace.

  1. 01
    New Zealand
    33+50.0%
  2. 02
    Papua New Guinea
    31+40.9%
  3. 03
    England
    27+12.5%
  4. 04
    India
    10-33.3%
  5. 05
    Thailand
    7
  6. 06
    Indonesia
    6
  7. 07
    Philippines
    6+50.0%
  8. 08
    Scotland
    6-40.0%
  9. 09
    Fiji
    5+66.7%
  10. 10
    Japan
    4+33.3%

What religions are reported in Thursday Island?

  1. 01
    Christianity
    1,919-2.2%
  2. 02
    No religion or secular beliefs
    563+33.7%
  3. 03
    Islam
    12+71.4%
  4. 04
    Buddhism
    11+57.1%
  5. 05
    Hinduism
    4-55.6%

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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Thursday Island is part of Torres, which has its own page with every suburb compared. For material in these languages, get a quote for translation.