Sark population grew by just 69 people in half a century, reveals census

An aerial image of Sark.
The census is the first to be conducted on the island since 1971 Credit: ITV Channel

The population of Sark has grown by just 69 people in the last 50 years.

The first official census in more than half a century shows that there are 562 islanders living there and their average age is 51.4 years old- higher than in England or Guernsey.

A quarter of them were born in the bailiwick.

The census also showed that 56% of Sark's population had lived on the island for more than ten years.

The number of private dwellings in Sark increased by 99 since that recorded in the 1971 Census.

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