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Religious affiliations of Torres Strait islanders in localities with significant share of Torres Strait islander population [4] The Islanders refer to this event as "The Coming of the Light", also known as Zulai Wan, [47] [57] or Bi Akarida, [48] and all Island communities celebrate the occasion annually on 1 July.
The Northern Territory has an Indigenous population of 61,115, which represents 26.3% of the total Northern Territory population. [65] There were 24,737 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander births registered in 2023, an increase of 349 babies from 2022. This represents 8.6% of all births registered in 2023.
Total population; c. 400 million: Regions with significant populations ... (2023) [5] United States: c. 4.7 ... (Torres Strait Islands)
Detailed map of the Torres Strait and its islands. The Torres Strait (/ ˈ t ɒr ɪ s /), also known as Zenadh Kes (pronounced [ˈzen̪ad̪ kes]), is a strait between Australia and the Melanesian island of New Guinea. It is 150 km (93 mi) wide at its narrowest extent. To the south is Cape York Peninsula, the northernmost extremity of the ...
Post 1967, Torres Strait Islanders were considered a separate Indigenous people. [234] Prior to 1947, Torres Strait Islanders were considered to be Aboriginal in censuses. [234] In the 1947 census, Torres Strait Islanders were considered to be Polynesian and in the 1954 and 1961 censuses were considered to be Pacific Islanders. [234]
The Torres Strait Islands' population was recorded at 4,514 in the 2016 Australian census, with 91.8% of these identifying as Indigenous Torres Strait Island peoples. Although counted as Indigenous Australians, Torres Strait Islander peoples, being predominantly Melanesian, are ethnically and culturally different from Aboriginal Australians.
In the 2011 census, the Torrest Strait Island Region had a population of 4,248 people. [8] In the 2016 census, the Torres Strait Island Region had a population of 4,514 people, [9] including the following sub-populations: [citation needed] Badu Island – 813; Mer Island – 450; Saibai Island – 465; Boigu Island – 271; Dauan Island – 191
In the 2021 census, people who self-identified on the census form as being of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander origin totalled 812,728 out of a total of 25,422,788 Australians, equating to 3.2% of Australia's population [51] and an increase of 163,557 people, or 25.2%, since the previous census in 2016. [50]