Statistics Jersey has today published the results of the 2025 Jersey Opinions and Lifestyle Survey (JOLS). The annual survey provides insight into how people in Jersey live and work, and their opinions on a range of issues . Their responses help inform policy making decisions in government and other organisations.
More than 4,000 households were randomly selected to take part in the survey between May and July 2025, and about 1,400 questionnaires were completed (a 35% response rate). The results are weighted so they can be considered broadly representative of Jersey’s adult population.
New online format
This year, JOLS is being published online, instead of the previous PDF format. This change is part of our longer-term plan to move our reports to web-based formats, improving accessibility and making our statistics easier to find, use and share.
The new package includes:
- A web-based summary report giving a high-level overview of the most relevant findings
- An interactive data explorer/dashboard to view results for individual questions and break them down by characteristics such as age, sex and parish type
- Stakeholder reports providing more detailed analysis on specific topics requested by government departments, scrutiny panels and other bodies
- A separate methodology report explaining how the survey was designed, carried out and analysed
It’s hoped these changes will make the results easier to access across government, the third sector, media and the general public.
What the survey covers
JOLS 2025 collects information across a wide range of topics, including:
- Finances and cost of living – ability to cope financially, going without items, use of cash and digital payments, and views on higher education affordability
- Health and wellbeing – long-term health conditions, neurodiversity, vision and hearing, dementia awareness, attitudes to breastfeeding, wellbeing scores and sleep
- Lifestyle and behaviours – diet, physical activity, weight (BMI), smoking, vaping and alcohol consumption
- Community, safety and trust – volunteering, trust in institutions, feelings of safety, worries about crime, experiences of discrimination and information security vulnerability
- Digital inclusion – confidence and ease of using online services, including government forms and online banking
- Environment and transport – use of Jersey’s natural environment, active travel, commuting patterns and incentives that might encourage more sustainable travel
- Views on fireworks – support for different options on how fireworks are sold and used in Jersey
Where to find results
The web-based summary report, interactive data explorer, stakeholder reports, methodology document and data tables are all available here on stats.je.