From The Cayman Islands Economics And Statistics Office

The Cayman
Islands’ COVID-19
Passenger
Departure Survey Report
released by the Economics and Statistics Office is a collection of
statistics based on data collected from passengers departing the Owen
Roberts International Airport between 1 May and 31 August 2020. The
Report covers the background and objectives, the population
estimates, and some aspects of the survey results.

The mid-year population as
of June 2020, is estimated at 64,958, of which 37,887 (or 58.3%) are
Caymanians while 27,071 (or 41.7%) are Non-Caymanians. In the Fall
2019 Labour Force Survey Report, the population of the Cayman Islands
was estimated at 69,914.

The number of residents
(Caymanians, Permanent residents, work permit/contract holders, and
dependants) departing the Cayman Islands since the closure of the
airport over the period 23 March to 31 August 2020 stood at 4,460.
The total number of departing passengers interviewed was 4,410.
However, the total number of passenger departure (residents and
non-residents) was 6,895. A total of 3,883 persons participated in
the exit survey, or 87.1 percent of all departing passengers.

Of the 4,410 resident
passengers interviewed, most of the travellers were from George Town
(57.5%), West Bay (24.8%), and Bodden Town (10.8%).

Male residents exiting the
islands stood at 2,013 or 51.8 percent, while females totalled 1,870
or 48.2 percent. The largest share of individuals departing the
Cayman Islands on the emergency flights were male work permit
holders. Of the departing passengers, 2,971 were Non-Caymanians or
76.5 percent, and 912, or 23.5 percent, were Caymanians.

Work permit holders within
the 25-54 age cohorts accounted for 62.6 percent or 2,429 persons
while for the Caymanian passengers, the main age group departing was
15-24 with a total of 877 or 22.6 percent. This age cohort is in line
with that of returning students.

For more information on The
Cayman Islands’ COVID-19 Passenger Departure Survey Report –
August 2020,
visit www.eso.ky.