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
English
Norfuk / Norf'k
Fijian[2]
Religion
Christianity (68.5%)[2]
Anglican
Catholic
Uniting Church
Irreligion
Related ethnic groups
Descendants of the Bounty mutineers
Pitcairn Islanders
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]
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]
^ abcd"Understanding ancestry, language and birthplace of the Norfolk Island population". Australian Bureau of Statistics. 1 December 2022. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
^ abcd"2016 Census QuickStats Norfolk Island". censusdata.abs.gov.au. 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
^"Birthplaces in New Zealand". stats.govt.nz. 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
NorfolkIslanders (Pitcairn-Norfolk: Norfuk Aileners), also referred to as just Islanders, are the inhabitants or residents of Norfolk Island, an external...
the wishes of the Norfolk Island government. A majority of NorfolkIslanders objected to the Australian plan to make changes to Norfolk Island without first...
Pitcairn Islanders, also referred to as Pitkerners and Pitcairnese, are the native inhabitants of the Pitcairn Islands, a British Overseas Territory including...
present site of New Norfolk. Following the closure of the penal settlement on Norfolk Island, almost half the population of NorfolkIslanders were relocated...
Australia, some Islanders claim that it was actually granted independence at the time Queen Victoria granted permission to Pitcairn Islanders to re-settle...
It is closely related to Pitkern spoken on Pitcairn Island. Many NorfolkIslanders also speak Fijian. Australian English Norfuk language "Archived copy"...
the islanders with a crop for future trade. In 1886, the Seventh-day Adventist layman John Tay visited Pitcairn and persuaded most of the islanders to...
(including representation in parliament and compulsory voting). The NorfolkIslanders have not formally consented to this change in constitutional status...
the Norfolk Island Labor Party and Norfolk Liberals supported a "no" vote. The result was a clear "Yes", with 70% of voters saying NorfolkIslanders should...
Like with the Spanish-speaking islanders in the southeastern Pacific, they would not normally be considered Pacific Islanders under an ethnically based definition...
Norfuk (Pitcairn-Norfolk: Norfuk) (increasingly spelt Norfolk) or Norf'k is the language spoken on Norfolk Island (in the Pacific Ocean) by the local...
the wishes of the Norfolk Island government. A majority of NorfolkIslanders objected to the Australian plan to make changes to Norfolk Island without first...
The flag of Norfolk Island is a triband consisting of green, white, and green bands charged with a green Norfolk Island pine in the centre. Adopted in...
Australians consuming approximately 500 million litres annually. NorfolkIslanders are the second biggest per capita wine consumers in the world with...
citizens). Since Australian nationality law extended to the territory, NorfolkIslanders were and remain Australian citizens, and therefore had and retain...
in memory of the arrival of the Pitcairn Islanders on Norfolk Island in 1856. Prior to 8 June 1856, Norfolk Island had been a penal colony, but the Pitcairners...
(2011−2013) TV Norfolk Island (archived site) TVNI on YouTube "Come Worship With Us" (PDF). The NorfolkIslander. p. 57. "Radio Norfolk". Community Broadcasting...
Government News". Norfolk Online News. "Labor And Liberal United On Governance Reform And Rejection Of Referendum" (PDF). The NorfolkIslander. p. 48. "Candidate...
land was under cultivation, with 5,000 cattle and 38,000 sheep. The NorfolkIslanders used violence to stake their claim on the land, attacking Aboriginal...
non-Pacific Islander ethnicity. Pacific Islander Americans are often mixed with other races, especially European and Asian, due to Pacific Islanders being a...
The Norfolk Island Labor Party (Pitcairn-Norfolk: Norfuk Ailen Leyba Paati), also known simply as Norfolk Labor (Pitcairn-Norfolk: Norfuk Leyba), was...
1353/jod.1999.0072. S2CID 201765897. "Norfolk pleads for Canberra to delay NSW absorption". 18 June 2016. "NorfolkIslanders seeking UN oversight". 28 April...
currently published in Norfolk Island. The NorfolkIslander – since 1965 Norfolk Online News – online only List of newspapers "Norfolk Island Newspapers &...
the Social Welfare Advisory Committee of Norfolk Island and spoke out about the poverty that many islanders faced after the financial crash of 2007. She...
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