Kala Kawaw Ya is the traditional language owned by the Top Western islands of the Torres Strait.

The Kala Kawaw Ya language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Torres Shire Council.

In 2007 it became that Saibai Island campus of the Tagai State School (now Tagai State College) which operates on numerous island in the Torres Strait.

[4] In the 2016 census, the town of Saibai had a population of 465 people,[5] the same as the island as a whole.

[6] In the 2021 census, the town of Saibai had a population of 340 people,[1] the same as the island as a whole.