Christmas Island
Territory of Christmas Island | |
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| Caipital and largest city | Flying Fish Cove ("The Settlement") |
| Offeecial leids | Inglis (de facto) |
| Ethnic groups | |
| Demonym(s) | Christmas Islander |
| Govrenment | Federal constitutional monarchy |
• Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Quentin Bryce | |
• Admeenistrator | Jon Stanhope |
| Foo Kee Heng | |
| Territory o Australie | |
1957 | |
| Aurie | |
• Total | 135 km2 (52 sq mi) |
• Water (%) | 0 |
| Population | |
• 2011 estimate | 2,072[1] (220t) |
• Density | 10.39/km2 (26.9/sq mi) (n/a) |
| Currency | Australian dollar (AUD) |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (CXT) |
| Cawin code | 61 |
| ISO 3166 code | CX |
| Internet TLD | .cx |
Coordinates: 10°29′S 105°38′E / 10.483°S 105.633°E
The Territory o Christmas Island is a territory o Australie in the Indian Ocean. It haes a population o 2,072 residents who live in a nummer o "Settlement areas" on the northren tip o the island: Flying Fish Cove (cried Kampong an aa), Silver City, Poon Saan, an Drumsite.
It is cried Christmas Island acause it wis first documentit on Christmas Eve bi Captain James Cook.[2]
Demographics
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Ancestry of Christmas Island (2021)[3]
As o the 2021 Australian census, the population o Christmas Island wis 1,692.[3] 22.2% o the population haed Cheenese ancestry (up frae 18.3% in 2001), 17.0% haed generic Australian ancestry (11.7% in 2001), 16.1% haed Malay ancestry (9.3% in 2001), 12.5% haed Inglis ancestry (8.9% in 2001), and 3.8% of the population wis frae Indonesian origin. Maist war born on Christmas Island.[3] 40.8% o fowk war born in Australie. The nixt maist common kintra o birth wis Malaysie at 18.6%. 29.3% o the population spak Inglis as thair faimil leid, while 18.4% spak Malay, 13.9% spak Mandarin Cheenese, 3.7% Cantonese an 2.1% South Min (Minnan).[3] Forby, thare are smaw local populations o Malaysian Indians and Indonesians.[4][5]
The 2016 Australian census recordit thit the population o Christmas Island wis 40.5% female an 59.5% male, while in 2011 the feegures haed been 29.3% female an 70.7% male.[3] In contrast, the 2021 feegures for the hale o Australia war 50.7% female, 49.3% male.[6] Frae 1998 thare haesnae been ony facilities for childbirth on the island; expectant mothers traivel tae mainland Australia aboot ae month afore thair expectit due date tae give birth.[7]
Ethnicity
[eedit | eedit soorce]Historically, the majority o Christmas Islanders war frae Chinese, Malay an Indian origins, the initial permanent settlers.[8] The day, the plurality o residents are Cheenese, wi muckle nummers o European Australians an Malays as weel as a smawer Indian community, alangsyd mair recent Filipino arrivals. Frae the turn o the 21st yearhunner an richt up tae the day, Europeans hiv mainly keep tae thaimsels tae The Settlement, whaur thare is a wee supermercat an twa three restaurant, the Malays bide in thair coastal kampong, an the Chinese in Poon Saan (Cantonese for "in the mids o the hill").[9]
Leid
[eedit | eedit soorce]The main leids spak at hame on Christmas Island, bi the wey o the respondents, are Inglis (28%), Mandarin (17%), Malay (17%), wi smawer nummers o speakers o Cantonese (4%) an Hokkien (2%). 27% didnae specifee a leid.[10]
Religion
[eedit | eedit soorce]Religion in Christmas Island (2021)[11] Note that some statistical noise is added to the publicly released census data, in order to protect residents' privacy.
Religious practices differ bi geography across the island an effectively correspond tae the island's thrie primary settlements: the caipital (kent seemply as The Settlement), the Cantonese veellage Poon Saan, an the Malay water veellage thit is referred tae aften as the Kampong.
Major religious affiliation in Christmas Island (2021)[12]
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Christmas Island". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 30 Julie 2013.
- ↑ "How Did Australia's Christmas Island Get Its Name?". History Hit (in Inglis). Retrieved 29 Julie 2025.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "2021 Census: Christmas Island". Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development. Australian Government. Archived frae the original on 16 November 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
- ↑ "Island induction". Christmas Island District High School. Archived frae the original on 3 August 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
- ↑ Dennis, Simone (2008). Christmas Island: An Anthropological Study. Cambria Press. pp. 91ff. ISBN 9781604975109. Archived frae the original on 31 December 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2015 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "2021 Census QuickStats: Australia". Australian Bureau of Statistics (in Inglis). Archived frae the original on 25 October 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
- ↑ Joyner, Tom (22 Januar 2019). "Why there have been no childbirths on Christmas Island in 21 years". ABC News (in Inglis). Archived frae the original on 10 Juin 2020. Retrieved 7 Apryle 2020.
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- ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (2022), 2021 Census of Population and Housing – General Community Profile: Christmas Island (LGA51710), Commonwealth of Australia, ("General Community Profile" XLS file download: Table G14 – Religious Affiliation by Sex) Direct file download (1 MB).
- ↑ "SBS Australian Census Explorer". www.sbs.com.au. Retrieved 14 Apryle 2025.
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