Children and young people statistics are collected regularly through a voluntary survey conducted during the school day to ensure up to date information is available on a range of issues, behaviours and opinions.
Latest data
The latest children and young people’s data comes from the 2024 JCYPS survey. This covered a range of topics; a selection is shown below:
Characteristics of young people
Young people were able to choose as many ethnicities that they considered applied to them. Just over half (51%) identified with a single ethnicity, 34% with two ethnicities, 12% with three and 3% with more than three.
Nine out of ten (89%) young people surveyed chose at least one of Jersey, British, Portuguese or Madeiran.
Overlap of Jersey, British and Portuguese ethnicities
Physical wellbeing
Children reporting that they have good or very good health decreases with age.
In general, how would you say your health is?
- around 80% of Years 4 and 6; 75% of Year 8; 70% of Year 10 and 65% of Year 12 reported being in good or very good health
- the proportion of Year 12 who reported being in good or very good health decreased from 73% in 2019 to 61% in 2021 but has rebounded slightly to 65% in the latest (2024) survey
- the difference in response between males and females was much less pronounced in 2024 compared to the previous survey
Percentage of children who visited dentist in the previous 6 months, by year group
Overall, 66% of children and young people reported visiting the dentist within the last six months, with 2024 showing a increase to almost pre-Covid levels following a dramatic drop in the 2021 survey.
Mental wellbeing
The JCYPS survey includes several questions related to children’s mental wellbeing.
Proportion of young people reporting high anxiety the previous day
Females in years 10 and 12 remain the group most likely to report experiencing high anxiety. However, almost all groups showed a decrease in the percentage experiencing high anxiety compared to the previous survey: Year 10 females were down to 36% from a high of 50% in 2021.
Health related behaviours
The survey includes questions on health related behaviours such as use of social media, smoking, drinking alcohol, drugs, sex, sleep and screen time.
Proportion of young people with at least one social media account in their own name.
Proportion of children who have never smoked continues to trend upwards
8 out of 10 (80%) Year 10 and 6 out of 10 (60%) of Year 12 young people have never smoked: both cohorts continuing an upward trend. The vast majority of Year 6 and Year 8 children (in excess of 95%) have never smoked.
Percentage of young people that drink alcohol occasionally or regularly: 2018 – 2024
Data sources and methods
The data source for children and young people statistics is the biennial Jersey Children and Young People’s Survey (JCYPS).
Find data and past reports and questionnaires
Find past reports on our release calendar.