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Language in Torres Strait Island

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

A huge majority of people in Torres Strait Island use a language other than English in their daily lives. With 86.2% of the population speaking another language at home, the area has one of the highest rates of linguistic diversity in the country.

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📍 Torres Strait Island, Council (LGA)

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Very few residents speak only English, making up just 6.4% of the population. This high use of other languages is consistent with the 16.4% of people who speak little or no English, a figure that has risen since 2016 and sits far above the national average.

People using another language at home

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86.2% ▼ -0.2%

Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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16.4% ▲ +29.7%

Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.

Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.

Language used at home

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In Torres Strait Island, English only is the majority at 98%; Greek is next at 2%.

English only 6.4% Greek 0.1%

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Torres Strait Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA36960/torres-strait-island/topic/language