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.
