Australian Demographic Profile
Christmas Island, OT 6798
Census-grade demographic profile. ABS Census 2021, adjusted to 2026.
Population
~1,614
Median age
37
Median income
High
$1,250-$1,499/wk
Top profile
Young
36%
Profile composition (top three)
- Young singles and non-workers36%
- Retired and semi-retired24%
- Trades and technical workers12%
Full 8-profile breakdown in the suburb report.
Population overview
- Synthetic individuals
- ~1,614
- Sex split
- F 40% / M 61%
- Tertiary-qualified
- 12%
Generated from ABS Census 2021 conditionals using Bayesian reconstruction, adjusted to 2026.
Age structure
- Children (0-14)18%
- Young adults (15-24)7.4%
- Early career (25-39)28%
- Mid career (40-59)29%
- Senior (60+)17%
Income distribution
Median individual income bracket in Christmas Island: High ($1,250-$1,499/wk).
- No / not stated50%
- Low ($1-$499/wk)8.1%
- Mid ($500-$1.5k)20%
- High ($1.5k-$3k)20%
- Very high ($3k+)1.9%
Top occupations
- Technicians and Trades Workers18%
- Community and Personal Service Workers17%
- Managers16%
Full occupation breakdown in the suburb report.
Compared to OT and Australia
| Christmas Island | OT avg | AUS avg | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 37 | 37 | 42 |
| Tertiary-qualified | 12% | 12% | 19% |
What's in the full report
- ✓ Full 8-profile composition with percentages
- ✓ All 47 demographic variables broken down
- ✓ Income vs occupation cross-tabulation
- ✓ Family composition by age group
- ✓ Country of birth and language distributions
- ✓ Educational attainment by age cohort
- ✓ Branded HTML, PDF, CSV exports
- ✓ Citation-ready format
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Methodology
Generated from ABS Census 2021 conditional tables using Bayesian reconstruction. Validated against real Census distributions with a median person-level SRMSE of 0.05 across 7,780 suburbs. Read the full methodology →