5.4% ▲ +164.7%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Torrington · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Very few people in Torrington have shifted their language use since 2011, with the area remaining overwhelmingly English-speaking. While 5.4% of residents use a language other than English at home, this is still far below the national figure of 22.3%.
English and the largest community languages.
English is the sole language for 91% of the community. Although the 0.7% who speak little or no English is much higher than in most similar areas, it remains a little below the Queensland figure of 1.8%.
5.4% ▲ +164.7%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.7% ▼ -17.9%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality 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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Torrington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32862/torrington/topic/language