Statistics published by the States today show that the population is therefore higher than it has been for more than a decade, since the current electronic census system was introduced.
The population is 410 people higher than it was the year before – with a natural decrease of 81 and a net migration of 491.
The 63,711 currently living here, reside in 25,244 households with 30.4% of us living in St Peter Port.
91.6% of the population live on the Local Market with just 7.3% on the Open Market.
Pictured: The population statistics for the last decade.
In 2001 the census recorded a population of 59,807 people which was at that time reported as “the largest ever”. That was the last time a formal census was carried out locally.
It was decided in 2005 that the planned 2006 census would not be held and instead a system of counting the population using social security numbers and education records was investigated.
That decision rolled into 2010 too with the 2011 census also cancelled. Money was re-directed into the launch of a Rolling Electronic Census Project which now regularly provides population statistics for the States.
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