Cocos Islands · Council (LGA)

First Nations in Cocos Islands

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities — how many people identify as First Nations, and how they fare on age, schooling, work, income and language. From the ABS 2021 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Profile; the ABS notes these counts are an undercount.

Fewer Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people live here than in almost any other similar area, with no people identifying as First Nations. This makes the Cocos Islands an outlier in the national landscape regarding First Nations representation.

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📍 Cocos Islands, Council (LGA)

Where Cocos Islands sits — Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people

0
  • 1–1: 9 areas
  • 1–2: 0 areas
  • 2–3: 0 areas
  • 3–4: 3 areas
  • 4–6: 0 areas
  • 6–9: 1 area
  • 9–12: 12 areas
  • 12–18: 5 areas
  • 18–25: 11 areas
  • 25–36: 20 areas
  • 36–52: 16 areas
  • 52–74: 13 areas
  • 74–106: 29 areas
  • 106–151: 26 areas
  • 151–217: 32 areas
  • 217–310: 44 areas
  • 310–444: 37 areas
  • 444–636: 42 areas
  • 636–910: 51 areas
  • 910–1,302: 49 areas
  • 1,302–1,864: 32 areas
  • 1,864–2,668: 55 areas
  • 2,668–3,819: 26 areas
  • 3,819–5,466: 24 areas
  • 5,466–7,823: 11 areas
  • 7,823–11,198: 7 areas
  • 11,198–16,027: 5 areas
  • 16,027–22,940: 5 areas

All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Cocos Islands — lower than 99% of areas.

Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people compared with the state and national average
Cocos Islands0
Other Territories 219
Other Territories 224

Population & age

How many people identify as First Nations, and the typical age.

There are 0 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living here, which is among the smallest counts for this level.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). First Nations in Cocos Islands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA51860/cocos-islands/topic/first-nations