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Languages spoken in Torres

50.2% of Torres residents speak a language other than English at home, across 27 languages (ABS Census 2021).

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3,778

Residents

50.2%

-4.3%

Speak a language other than English

27

Languages spoken

#33

of 540 for diversity

Most spoken languages

Speakers at the 2021 Census, with change since 2016.

  1. 01
    Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole)
    1,470-1.7%
  2. 02
    Kalaw Kawaw Ya/Kalaw Lagaw Ya
    78+27.9%
  3. 03
    Aboriginal English, so described
    60
  4. 04
    Meriam Mir
    23+21.1%
  5. 05
    Mandarin
    10
  6. 06
    Japanese
    9-43.8%
  7. 07
    Dutch
    8
  8. 08
    Punjabi
    7-41.7%
  9. 09
    Swedish
    6+50.0%
  10. 10
    Tongan
    5

27 languages recorded in Torres(ABS Census 2021). Broader ABS categories such as “Chinese, nfd” are counted in the totals above but left out of this list, so the percentages can exceed the sum of the languages shown.

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