Christmas Island

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. Demographics As o the 2021 Australian census, the population o Christmas Island wis 1,692. 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. 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). Forby, thare are smaw local populations o Malaysian Indians and Indonesians. 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. In contrast, the 2021 feegures for the hale o Australia war 50.7% female, 49.3% male. 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. Ethnicity Historically, the majority o Christmas Islanders war frae Chinese, Malay an Indian origins, the initial permanent settlers. 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"). Leid 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. Religion 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) 374 fowk or 22.1% are Muslim, up frae 19.3% in 2016. 333 fowk or 19.7% are Irreligion, up frae 15.3% in 2016 258 fowk or 15.2% are Buddhists, doun frae 18.2% in 2016 123 fowk or 7.3% are Catholic, doun frae 8.8% in 2016 35 fowk or 2.1% are Anglican, doun frae 3.6% in 2016 References