You what? Some stats that might surprise you…

Thursday 30 July 2015

Almost every week, statisticians put out a new set of numbers about life in Jersey – and most of them go unreported and unexamined. But Bailiwick Express has been digging deep into the numbers, and unearthed a few interesting nuggets.

We’re not saying that these stats will change your life, but they might make you stop and think…

• There are the exact same number of jobs in the public sector as there are combined in agriculture, fishing, construction, quarrying, IT and manufacturing.
• In 2013 Jersey had the equivalent of the second-highest earnings of the 36 OECD countries in terms of jobs and earnings, but was the lowest in civic engagement.
• The average visitor to Jersey last year spent £331 in the Island.
• There are 25,800 egg-laying hens in Jersey. Divided up between the total population, that would mean around one hen for every four people.
• It would take around three months for the average worker in the “hotel, restaurants and bars” sector to earn the typical annual bonus in the finance sector.
• If you were born in Jersey, you’re more than twice as likely to be unemployed as someone born in Poland but living here.
• The price of a home in Jersey (£437,000) is more than 15 times the median average salary (£28,600) in Jersey. In the UK, the average price of a home (£272,000) is just over ten times the median salary (£25,937).
• Cows in Jersey produce 13.4 million litres of milk per year – or 133 litres per Islander.