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Languages spoken in Christmas Island

44.2% of Christmas Island residents speak a language other than English at home, across 22 languages (ABS Census 2021).

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1,673

Residents

44.2%

-8.8%

Speak a language other than English

22

Languages spoken

#42

of 540 for diversity

Most spoken languages

Speakers at the 2021 Census, with change since 2016.

  1. 01
    Malay
    317+2.6%
  2. 02
    Mandarin
    234-25.5%
  3. 03
    Cantonese
    58-10.8%
  4. 04
    Min Nan
    35+16.7%
  5. 05
    Indonesian
    16+433%
  6. 06
    Thai
    13+8.3%
  7. 07
    Tagalog
    10-47.4%
  8. 08
    Filipino
    9
  9. 09
    Punjabi
    7
  10. 10
    Tamil
    7+16.7%

22 languages recorded in Christmas Island(ABS Census 2021). Broader ABS categories such as “Chinese, nfd” are counted in the totals above but left out of this list, so the percentages can exceed the sum of the languages shown.

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