West Island OT 6799
105 addresses · 10 streets
Lingiari Electorate › Cocos Islands LGA › West Island
Living Here
West Island is a suburb of Other Territories, home to about 147 people, with a median age of 46. The typical household earns around $2,791 a week, with median rent near $68 a week. Most homes are houses. About 27% of households own their home and 60% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Cocos (Keeling) Islands statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: West Island itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
3 cafés & restaurants
1 supermarket
1 beach
Socio-economic Standing
Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 49.9% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 49.9% |
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Demographics
Population by age in West Island
| 0-4 | 10 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 21 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 5 |
| 25-34 | 19 |
| 35-44 | 20 |
| 45-54 | 29 |
| 55-64 | 37 |
| 65-74 | 10 |
| 75-84 | 4 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in West Island
| House | 43 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in West Island
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 4 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 14 |
| $3,000+ | 14 |
Top ancestries in West Island
| English | 56 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 47 |
| Ancestry NS | 26 |
| Scottish | 19 |
| Irish | 14 |
| Other | 13 |
Housing tenure in West Island
| Owned | 12 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 27 |
| Other | 6 |
Cars per household in West Island
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 20 |
| 2 | 11 |
| 3 | 4 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in West Island
| Car | 31 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 4 |
| Walked | 19 |
| Bicycle | 5 |
| Home | 11 |
Top countries of birth in West Island
| England | 5 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 3 |
Languages used at home in West Island
| Spanish | 6 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
791 bird observations recorded near West Island — most often seen:
- Nankeen Night-heron (89)
- Eastern Reef Egret (84)
- White Tern (75)
- White-breasted Waterhen (66)
- Pacific Black Duck (61)
- Green Junglefowl (57)
- Lesser Frigatebird (45)
- Red-footed Booby (34)
- Intermediate Egret (29)
- Great Frigatebird (22)
- Brown Booby (21)
- Common Noddy (20)
- Wedge-tailed Shearwater (16)
Show all 30 birds recorded near West Island
- Masked Booby (15)
- Oriental Pratincole (14)
- Lesser Noddy (13)
- Pin-tailed Snipe (12)
- Birds (11)
- Common Sandpiper (11)
- White-tailed Tropicbird (11)
- Common Redshank (10)
- Greater Sand Plover (9)
- Herald Petrel (9)
- Red Junglefowl (9)
- Red-tailed Tropicbird (9)
- Indian Ocean White-tailed Tropicbird (8)
- Ruddy Turnstone (8)
- Saunders's Tern (8)
- Yellow Bittern (8)
- Grey-tailed Tattler (7)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to West Island:
- Home Island (10.7 km)
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Streets
- Air Force Road (20)
- Beacon Heights Road (21)
- Buffett Close (25)
- Clunies Ross Avenue (1)
- Nelson Mandela Walk (5)
- Orion Close (1)
- Qantas Close (10)
- South End Road (3)
- Sydney Highway (4)
- William Keeling Crescent (15)