The IOM 2016 Census was published on 9 March 2017. This is the first of a series of blogs covering some of the main issues raised by the census. Statistics for births in the Isle of Man are published annually. The recent decline in the number of births was introduced in the Population Atlas and has…
Manx Radio website Thursday, March 9th, 2017 6:16am Population drops by more than 1,100 in five years Rewnewed efforts will be made to expand the Island's working population, after official confirmation of a drop in those contributing to the economy. The results of the 2016 Census published this mo…
The 2016 Census Report will be published next month (March) and will be one of the most important for decades. It will show a decline in the resident population, accelerated population ageing and the impact of both the net emigration of young adults and the fall in the number of births. The questio…
A blog posted on this website last week ('Number of births falls by another 3.4%') has received coverage on Manx Radio and 3FM as well as in the Isle of Man Examiner. Today's front page article in the Examiner carried the headline: 'Birthrate Time Bomb' (Adrian Darbyshire, Isle of Man Examiner, 24…
Data provided, on request, by the Economic Affairs Unit this week shows that in 2016 the number of births in the Isle of Man fell for the sixth consecutive year. After peaking at 1,023 in 2010, births have fallen very sharply to 758, the lowest number of births in the Isle of Man since 1987. This a…
The Question Paper at today's Tynwald sitting included a question from Chris Robertshaw (Douglas East) relating to the Census. The question was directed towards Chris Thomas (Minister for Policy and Reform). There are three particularly interesting points in the exchange. 1) The agreement that the…
Introduction As we await the headline figures for the 2016 Isle of Man Census (expected in the new year), there appears to be some uncertainty about what we can expect. Whilst numerous websites continue to offer wildly inaccurate over-estimates of the Island’s population, the Chamber of Commerce ha…
Monitoring the population When the Isle of Man Population Atlas was published in mid-April 2016 it urged that the quarterly economic reports to CoMin should include an estimate of the population. 'In the Isle of Man the quarterly economic reports to the Council of Ministers are some of the most inf…
A report in Today's Isle of Man Examiner describes how some householders in East Douglas have received letters asking them to provide a second census return more than six months after the 2016 Census in April. Comments on social media sites have suggested that some residents in the south of the Isl…
