Editing Cocos (Keeling) Islands (section)

== Demographics ==
According to the 2021 Australian Census, the population of the Cocos Islands is 593 people.<ref name="census">{{cite web |title=2021 Census QuickStats: Cocos (Keeling) Islands |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/POA6799 |website=quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au}}</ref> The gender distribution stands at an approximate 51% male and 49% female.<ref name="census" /> The median age of the population is 40 years, slightly older than the median Australian population age of 38 years.<ref>{{cite web |title=2021 Census QuickStats: Australia |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/AUS |website=quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au}}</ref> As of 2021, there are no people living on the Cocos Islands who identify as Indigenous Australians (Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander).<ref name="census" />

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| thumb = right
| caption = Religion in Cocos Islands (2021)<ref name="census" />
| label1 = [[Islam]]
| value1 = 65.6
| color1 = Green
| label2 = [[Non-religious]]
| value2 = 14
| color2 = White
| label3 = [[Catholic]]
| value3 = 2
| color3 = Red
| value4 = 1.5
| label4 = Anglican
| color4 = Cyan
| value5 = 15.3
| color5 = Black
| label5 = Unspecified
| value6 = 1.6
| label6 = Other
| color6 = Grey
}}

The majority religion of the Cocos Islands is [[Islam in Cocos Islands|Islam]], with 65.6% of the total population identifying as Muslim, followed by Unspecified (15.3%), Non-religious (14.0%), Catholic (2.0%), Anglican (1.5%). The remaining 1.6% of Cocos Islanders identify as secular or hold various other beliefs (including atheism, agnosticism and unspecified spiritual beliefs).<ref name="census" />

73.5% of the population were born in Australia - either on the mainland, on the Cocos Islands, or in another Australian territory. The remaining 26.5% come from other countries, including Malaysia (4.0%), England (1.3%), New Zealand (1.2%), Singapore (0.5%) and Argentina (0.5%), among others.<ref name="census" /> 61.2% of the population speak Malay at home, while 19.1% speak English, and 3.5% speak another language (including Spanish and various Austronesian and African languages).<ref name="census" /> 

[[Kaum Ibu (Women's Group)]] is a [[women's rights]] organisation that represents the view of women at a local and national level.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Jupp |first1=James |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wgoFxfSTfYAC&dq=Kaum+Ibu+%28Women%27s+Group%29+cocos&pg=PA226 |title=The Australian People: An Encyclopedia of the Nation, Its People and Their Origins |last2=Jupp |first2=Director Centre for Immigration and Multicultural Studies James |date=2001 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-80789-0 |language=en}}</ref>