CYPRIOTS love white cars and having babies in September according to Statistical Services, which yesterday released a host of interesting stats on its website as part the International Year of Statistics. “Our goal is to make people aware of the wide-ranging possibilities that statistics can offer all areas of society,” a statement from the service said.
There are more women currently living in Cyprus than men, with 51.4 per cent of the population being female, which goes towards proving the age-old statistic that women live longer than men, as the life expectancy of men is 79 and women 83.
The three most popular names for women in Cyprus are Maria, Eleni and Androulla while men are most commonly named Andreas, Giorgos or Costas.
Most Cypriots get married early according to the Statistical Services, with 30 being the average age of men tying the knot and women being tied down at 28. One in three of those marriages do not last though with 307 out of 1000 couples getting divorced.
Another well-known fact that is confirmed is that most Cypriot men’s subject of choice in higher education is business management and second favourite, engineering. The subject of choice for most women on the other hand is teaching.
Women are rewarded substantially lower on average compared to men, with the fairer sex receiving an average monthly salary of €1,400 and men receiving €1,750 a month with the amount of public debt per person coming to €15,000.
According to the statistics almost half the population live in detached housing while 40 per cent in houses with central heating and the average size of these homes being 141 square metres.
For every ten inhabitants on the island there are seven registered cars while two in 1,000 people have reported to police they had been in an accident during the course of a year.
Cypriot dietary habits are also scrutinised by the statistics which show that every person in Cyprus consumes 58 kg of bread, 88 litres of milk and 57 litres of beer a year. And each person, according to the service, produces 660 kg of refuse.
Mobile phones are very popular in Cyprus, shown by the statistic that for every one thousand people there are 1,266 subscriptions to mobile phone services.
About one in five have ordered goods through the internet with the most popular being booking vacations while one in six make bank transactions online.
Cypriots travel abroad at least once a year or spend a night at a hotel or other tourist establishment on the island, while they only visit the cinema on average once a year.
Social networking sites are very popular with young people aged between 16 and 24 with four in five Cypriots owning an account.
Cyprus Mail
