Transport: Census 2021

Vehicles per household

At the 2021 census, there were 68,219 cars and vans available for use by private households. This is equivalent to 674 cars and vans per 1,000 population.

There has been a significant increase in the number of cars, and cars per household in Jersey since the 1971 census.

There were 1.53 cars and vans per private household in March 2021. This was:

• higher than in the 2011 census (1.50)
• higher than in England (1.24)

The average number of motorcycles and scooters ​increased from 0.19 to 0.21 per household between 2011 and 2021.

Households with no vehicle access

At the time of the 2021 census:

• one in six (16%) private households did not own or have access to a car or van
• the proportion of households without a car and van was similar to 2011 and 2001 (both 16%) and slightly lower than in 1989 (20%)
• the proportion of households without a car or van was lower than in England (21%)
• 30% of households living in St Helier did not have a car and van
• around 1 in 4 private households (24%) in rural parishes had 3 or more cars / vans for private use
• almost two-fifths (38%) of households without access to a car and van were single adults and a nearly a third (30%) were single pensioners

Travel to work

Excluding those who worked from home, or lived at their place of work, slightly over half (52%) of workers travelled to work by car in 2023 (either alone or with other people).

Over a quarter (29%) walked to work, and 5% cycled.

There has been no significant change in work travel ​patterns over the last 10 years.

Working from home

The number of people working from home in 2021 had more than doubled compared with 2011.

One in seven (14%) of all working adults worked from home (7,837) at the time of the 2021 Census compared to 6% (3,159) in 2011.

Find data and past reports

You can find census data tables on the open data website.

Find past reports on our release calendar.

Find census reports from 1821 to 2001 on the Jersey Archive website​.