Editing Christmas Island (section)

===Ethnicity===
Historically, the majority of Christmas Islanders were those of Chinese, Malay and Indian origins, the initial permanent settlers.<ref name="SCMP" /> Today, the plurality of residents are [[Malaysian Chinese|Chinese]], with significant numbers of European Australians and [[Malaysian Malays|Malays]] as well as a smaller [[Malaysian Indian|Indian]] community, alongside more recent Filipino arrivals. Since the turn of the 21st century and right up to the present, Europeans have mainly confined themselves to The Settlement, where there is a small supermarket and several restaurants, the Malays live in their coastal [[Malay Kampong Group|kampong]], and the Chinese reside in [[Poon Saan]] ([[Cantonese Chinese|Cantonese]] for "in the middle of the hill").<ref name="ethnic"/>