Births, Deaths, Stillbirths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships registered in the twelve parishes of the Island of Jersey for the year 2019

2020  R.8

Annual Statement  

Office of the Superintendent Registrar  

Births, Deaths, Stillbirths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships registered in the twelve parishes of the Island of Jersey

for the year

2019

Claire Follain, Superintendent Registrar 3rd February 2020

Contents

1. Births .................................................................................................................. 2

1. Actual births ....................................................................................................................... 2
2. Registered births .............................................................................................................. 2
3. Baby names ........................................................................................................................ 3

2. Deaths ................................................................................................................ 4

3. Stillbirths ........................................................................................................... 4
4. Marriage ............................................................................................................ 5

1. Marriage in Jersey ............................................................................................................ 5
2. Conversion to marriage ................................................................................................. 5
3. Marriage of Jersey residents in other jurisdictions .............................................. 6
4. Marriage of non-Jersey residents in Jersey ............................................................ 6

5. Civil Partnership ............................................................................................... 6

6. Table of registrations – 1995 to 2019 ............................................................ 7

The Minister for Home Affairs presents the following statistics for the year 2019:

1. Births

1.1  Actual births

The number of actual births in Jersey in 2019 was 880 – comprising 393 females and 487 males.

This represents the number of babies born in Jersey between 1st January 2019 and 31st December 2019.

There were therefore 53 less births in Jersey in 2019 than in 2018. This is the lowest number of actual births in Jersey since 1982. 98.5% of births in Jersey occurred in St. Helier , i.e. 867.

1. Table showing the number of actual births in Jersey in 2018 by parish

2. Registered births

The number of registered births (including re-registrations of birth) in Jersey in 2019 was 924.

This represents the number of births which were registered between 1st January 2019 and 31st December 2019.

There were therefore 38 less registrations of birth than in 2018. This is the lowest number of registered births in Jersey since 1983.

3. Baby names

The following table shows the 10 most popular baby names for girls and boys registered in Jersey between 2016 and 2019 (most popular first):

2. Deaths

There were 795 deaths registered in Jersey in 2019. There were 36 less deaths registered in 2019 than in 2018. This is the lowest number of deaths registered since 2016. 59% of deaths were registered in St. Helier .

2.2  Table showing the number of registered deaths in Jersey in 2019

3. Stillbirths

There were 5 stillbirths in the Island in 2019 – 1 more than in 2018.

4. Marriage

1. Marriage in Jersey

There were a total of 359 marriages in Jersey in 2019 – 79 less than 2018.

This number includes civil marriage, marriage in the Church of England, and all other religious denomination marriage.

This is the lowest number of marriages registered in Jersey since 1945.

The Superintendent Registrar authorised 281 marriages in 2019 – i.e. civil and non- Anglican religious marriages. This is 69 less than in 2018.

There were 258 civil (i.e. non-religious) marriage ceremonies in Jersey in 2019 – 68 less than in 2018 i.e. 72% of all marriages in Jersey.

There were 101 religious marriage ceremonies – 11 less than in 2019, i.e. 28% of all marriages in Jersey.

Of these ceremonies –

• 78 marriages were conducted in Church of England churches – 22% of the total Island marriages and 10 less than in 2018

• 14 marriages were conducted in Catholic churches – 5% of the total marriages and 5 less than in 2018

• The remaining 9 religious marriages occurred in other denomination churches

107 out of 258 civil marriage ceremonies in Jersey in 2019 took place in the Register Office.

The most popular months for marriage in Jersey were August and September.

2. Conversion to marriage

Following amendments to the Marriage and Civil Status (Jersey) Law 2001 (which came into force on 1st July 2018), couples in valid civil partnerships are able to convert their civil partnership to marriage.

8 conversion to marriage ceremonies were solemnised in Jersey in 2019, one less than in 2018.

The total number of marriages solemnised in Jersey in 2019, including conversion to marriage ceremonies, was therefore 367.

3. Marriage of Jersey residents in other jurisdictions

The number of Jersey resident couples who applied to the Superintendent Registrar for to marry in jurisdictions outside the Island in 2019 was 38 – 13 more than in 2018.

The most popular wedding destination for these couples was England, followed by Croatia and Greece.

4. Marriage of non-Jersey residents in Jersey

The number of non-Jersey resident couples who travelled to Jersey in 2019 for the purpose of marriage by authorisation of the Superintendent Registrar was 47 - 16% of all civil and non-Anglican marriages.

The largest proportion of non-residents who travelled to Jersey to marry came from England.

The most popular months for non-residents to marry in Jersey were June, July and August.

5. Civil Partnership

In 2019, there was 1 civil partnership ceremony in Jersey – 6 less than in the previous year.

6. Table of registrations –1995 to 2019

Notes:

1. The figures for births shown above are, in column A, the number of births registered in each year, which includes the re-registration of births under the Marriage and Civil Status (Jersey) Law 2001; and in column B, the number of children actually born in each year.
2. The table includes civil partnerships from April 2012 onwards, and conversions to marriage from 1st July 2018 onwards.