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Religious beliefs of Jersey residents (FOI)

Religious beliefs of Jersey residents (FOI)

Produced by the Freedom of Information office
Authored by Government of Jersey and published on 12 January 2023.
Prepared internally, no external costs.

Request

A

For the last 10 years what is the percentage and number who have declared religious belief in the island?

B

How many with religious belief identify as 

  • Christian - different denominations?
  • Jews?
  • Muslims?
  • Buddhists?
  • Hindus?
  • Sikhs

C

How has the declared religious belief identified above changed over the last 50 years?

D

Of those declaring non-religious belief or other = what is the percentage and number on the island in the last ten years?

E

How has the declared non - religious belief changed over time in the last 50 years?

F

Of those declaring to be humanists, what is the percentage and number on the island in the last ten years?

G

How has the declared number of humanists changed over time in the last 50 years?

Response

Information on declared religious beliefs is not collected by the Government of Jersey. Article 3 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 applies. There is some data in the form of estimates produced from the Jersey Opinions and Lifestyle / Jersey Annual Social Survey available on the Statistics Jersey webpages. Questions on religion were asked in the 2015 Survey which can be found on page 8 of the first link below, and in 2018 on page 74 of the second link:

Jersey Annual Social Survey 2015.pdf (gov.je) 

Jersey Opinions and Lifestyle Survey Report 2018.pdf (gov.je)

Article applied 

Article 3 - Meaning of “information held by a public authority”

For the purposes of this Law, information is held by a public authority if –

(a)     it is held by the authority, otherwise than on behalf of another person; or

(b)     it is held by another person on behalf of the authority.

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