SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Other Territories

Christmas Island

1,673 residents · 16+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
71.0%
1,188 people
Growth since last census
0.0%
vs previous census
In context
n/a× Other Territories avg
2.61× national avg
Population
1,673
CALD residents
1,188
Languages spoken
16
Fastest-growing
0%
Narrative

Why this matters

Christmas Island is home to 1,673 residents. 71.0% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 1,188 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Christmas Island into a single shareable document: the languages spoken at home, the communities growing fastest, and the suburb-level variation that a council-wide average hides.

Languages

The twelve most-spoken

Bars show share of LGA residents · growth since last census

  1. 01
    Malay317 · 18.9%
    0.0%
  2. 02
    Mandarin234 · 14.0%
    0.0%
  3. 03
    Cantonese58 · 3.5%
    0.0%
  4. 04
    Min Nan35 · 2.1%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Indonesian16 · 1.0%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    Thai13 · 0.8%
    0.0%
  1. 01
    Tagalog10 · 0.6%
    0.0%
  2. 02
    Filipino9 · 0.5%
    0.0%
  3. 03
    Tamil7 · 0.4%
    0.0%
  4. 04
    Vietnamese7 · 0.4%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Punjabi7 · 0.4%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    Afrikaans6 · 0.4%
    0.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 29%
MAL
MAN
CAN
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 29.0%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 71.0%
Malay
317 · 0.0%
Mandarin
234 · 0.0%
Cantonese
58 · 0.0%
Min Nan
35
Indonesian
Thai
Tagalog
Filipino
Tamil
Vietnamese
Punjabi
Afrikaans
Japanese
German
Hazaraghi
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Malay317 · 18.9%
    0.0%
  2. 02
    Mandarin234 · 14.0%
    0.0%
  3. 03
    Cantonese58 · 3.5%
    0.0%
  4. 04
    Min Nan35 · 2.1%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Indonesian16 · 1.0%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    Thai13 · 0.8%
    0.0%
  7. 07
    Tagalog10 · 0.6%
    0.0%
  8. 08
    Filipino9 · 0.5%
    0.0%
  9. 09
    Tamil7 · 0.4%
    0.0%
  10. 10
    Vietnamese7 · 0.4%
    0.0%
  11. 11
    Punjabi7 · 0.4%
    0.0%
  12. 12
    Afrikaans6 · 0.4%
    0.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Malay
0.0%
317 speakers · 18.9% of LGA
#2
Language
Mandarin
0.0%
234 speakers · 14.0% of LGA
#3
Language
Cantonese
0.0%
58 speakers · 3.5% of LGA
Sub-regions

Suburb-level data

Click a suburb to drill down to SAL-level figures

Use this data

Commission a gap report for Christmas Island.

We turn census data into targeted outreach plans: which documents to translate first, which community leaders to engage, where the gaps are.