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The SBS Thai info seeker

There are 36,682 Thai speakers in Australia, representing 0.2% of the entire population. Thai speakers are concentrated in large cities, such as Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Canberra.

  • Uses SBS to connect with community
  • Uses a lot of online & local print media

Over

37%

speak English poorly or not at all

Nearly

69%

of Thai speakers finished their Year 12 studies

The community is known to be:

  • Fun-loving
  • Friendly
  • Aspirational
  • Status conscious
  • Family oriented