SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Queensland

Torres

3,363 residents · 18+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
57.9%
1,947 people
Growth since last census
+6.5%
vs previous census
In context
3.12× Queensland avg
2.13× national avg
Population
3,363
CALD residents
1,947
Languages spoken
18
Fastest-growing
+50%
Narrative

Why this matters

Torres is home to 3,363 residents. 57.9% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 1,947 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Torres into a single shareable document: the languages spoken at home, the communities growing fastest, and the suburb-level variation that a council-wide average hides.

Languages

The twelve most-spoken

Bars show share of LGA residents · growth since last census

  1. 01
    Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole)1,322 · 39.3%
    ▲5.9%
  2. 02
    Kalaw Kawaw Ya/Kalaw Lagaw Ya74 · 2.2%
    ▲21.3%
  3. 03
    Aboriginal English, so described55 · 1.6%
    ▲0.0%
  4. 04
    Meriam Mir23 · 0.7%
    ▲21.1%
  5. 05
    Mandarin10 · 0.3%
    ▲0.0%
  6. 06
    Japanese9 · 0.3%
    ▼43.8%
  1. 01
    Dutch8 · 0.2%
    ▲0.0%
  2. 02
    Punjabi7 · 0.2%
    ▼41.7%
  3. 03
    Swedish6 · 0.2%
    ▲50.0%
  4. 04
    Tongan5 · 0.1%
    ▲0.0%
  5. 05
    Fijian4 · 0.1%
    ▲0.0%
  6. 06
    Greek4 · 0.1%
    ▲0.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 42%
YUM
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 42.1%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 57.9%
Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole)
1,322 · +5.9%
Kalaw Kawaw Ya/Kalaw Lagaw Ya
74
Aboriginal English, so described
Meriam Mir
Mandarin
Japanese
Dutch
Punjabi
Swedish
Tongan
Fijian
Greek
Indonesian
Vietnamese
Auslan
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole)1,322 · 39.3%
    ▲5.9%
  2. 02
    Kalaw Kawaw Ya/Kalaw Lagaw Ya74 · 2.2%
    ▲21.3%
  3. 03
    Aboriginal English, so described55 · 1.6%
    ▲0.0%
  4. 04
    Meriam Mir23 · 0.7%
    ▲21.1%
  5. 05
    Mandarin10 · 0.3%
    ▲0.0%
  6. 06
    Japanese9 · 0.3%
    ▼43.8%
  7. 07
    Dutch8 · 0.2%
    ▲0.0%
  8. 08
    Punjabi7 · 0.2%
    ▼41.7%
  9. 09
    Swedish6 · 0.2%
    ▲50.0%
  10. 10
    Tongan5 · 0.1%
    ▲0.0%
  11. 11
    Fijian4 · 0.1%
    ▲0.0%
  12. 12
    Greek4 · 0.1%
    ▲0.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Swedish
+50.0%
6 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#2
Language
Kalaw Kawaw Ya/Kalaw Lagaw Ya
+21.3%
74 speakers · 2.2% of LGA
#3
Language
Meriam Mir
+21.1%
23 speakers · 0.7% of LGA
Sub-regions

Suburb-level data

Click a suburb to drill down to SAL-level figures

New Mapoon
415 RESIDENTS
84.8% CALDTop: Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole)
Horn
535 RESIDENTS
64.5% CALDTop: Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole)
Thursday Island
2,761 RESIDENTS
57.5% CALDTop: Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole)
Prince Of Wales
54 RESIDENTS
27.8% CALDTop: Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole)
Jardine River
13 RESIDENTS
0.0% CALD
Use this data

Commission a gap report for Torres.

We turn census data into targeted outreach plans: which documents to translate first, which community leaders to engage, where the gaps are.