Norfolk Islanders
Inhabitants or citizens of Norfolk Island / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Norfolk Islanders (Pitcairn-Norfolk: Norfuk Aileners), also referred to as just Islanders, are the inhabitants or residents of Norfolk Island, an external territory of Australia. The Islanders have their own unique identity and are predominantly people of Pitcairn and English descent and to a lesser extent of Scottish and Irish. [1]
Norfuk Aileners | |
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Total population | |
347 or 15.9% were Norfolk Island-born out of a total population of 2,188 (2021 census) usual resident pop)[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Norfolk Island | 347[1] |
Australia (mainland) | 315[2] |
New Zealand | 108 (2018)[3] |
United States | 99 |
California | 94 |
United Kingdom | 89 |
Languages | |
Religion | |
Christianity (68.5%)[2] | |
Related ethnic groups | |
The culture held in common by most native-born Norfolk Islanders is mainstream Norfolk culture, traditions primarily inherited from the 194 Pitcairn settlers in 1856. All of the people that claim Pitcairn ancestry are descended from the British HMS Bounty mutineers and the Tahitian companions, including the few who settled afterwards. In the 2021 census, there were 347 Norfolk Island-born residents out of a total of 2,188 inhabiting the island, a decrease over the 2016 census.[1][2]
There is a small Norfolk Islander diaspora in mainland Australia (particularly New South Wales and Queensland) and New Zealand due to people having relocated temporarily or migrated permanently.[4]