Cost of Living inSt Peter Port, Guernsey
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Purchasing Power vs. United States
Based on GDP per capita (PPP). Guernsey: $63,000/capita.
How Far Your Money Goes
Prices are 27% lower than the global benchmark (New York City = 100).
Using the country-level NYC comparison for now. We do not have a defensible city-level aggregate cost index for this city yet.
Income Category
GDP per Capita
City Population
Child Education
Public-schooling rules and international-school pricing are not sourced for Guernsey yet. Quality, expat-access, instruction language, and tuition will appear here once verified.
Childcare & Domestic Help
Nanny, housekeeper, and driver pricing is not yet sourced for St Peter Port. We publish this section only when we can tie it to local job-board, agency, or country fallback evidence.
Getting Around
The concrete mobility picture for St Peter Port: airport access, urban transit, and rideshare practicality.
Airport
Guernsey airport access
The refreshed local city data-type matrix lists St Peter Port as a missing Guernsey mobility/walkability row; add conservative first-city coverage through guernsey airport access instead of leaving the country at zero direct family mobility coverage.
Urban transit
Road-led mobility with central errand access
Daily movement remains road-led, but buses, minibuses, taxis, and central errands provide a conservative non-car baseline until richer city-specific sources land.
Rideshare
Taxi-first mobility
Taxis or arranged rides are the dependable fallback for airport transfers and neighborhoods beyond fixed-route service.
Source: User-curated family relocation research (initial seed) (2026-04-14)
Healthcare
System strength, outcome signals, facility coverage, and self-pay visibility in Guernsey.
Method: country metrics come from public system indicators, facility coverage reflects mapped providers we can inventory, direct pricing only reflects observed self-pay pages, and relative care cost can fall back to broad cost-of-living healthcare indices. Sparse pricing does not imply sparse healthcare availability.
Healthcare system
StrongHigh national coverage, strong doctor availability, and deep nursing capacity support this rating.
Public care
StrongBroad public coverage, strong public funding, and relatively low patient cost-sharing support this rating.
Private care
LimitedThe tracked private-style network still looks thin and self-pay pricing transparency is still sparse weigh on this rating.
UHC coverage
88/100
2023
Physicians
3.30/1k
2023
Hospital beds
2.42/1k
2022
Out of pocket
15%
2024
Outcome signals
Life expectancy
81.4 yrs
2024
Maternal mortality
8/100k
2023
Neonatal mortality
3.0/1k
2024
International patient readiness
LimitedCountry-level outcomes are comparatively strong help, but price transparency is still sparse.
Pricing transparency
LimitedPublished self-pay prices are scarce and few facilities expose web pages we can verify weigh on this rating.
Facility coverage
Self-pay pricing visibility
No verified self-pay prices are published for the tracked facilities in Guernsey yet.
This usually reflects low online price transparency rather than a lack of healthcare providers.
Notable facilities
System metrics: Proxy from GBR via World Bank WDI · Updated 2026-07-01
Wages by Sector
| Sector | Median |
|---|---|
| Administrative & Support Services | — |
| Agriculture & Farming | — |
| Arts, Entertainment & Recreation | — |
| Construction | — |
| Education | — |
| Finance & Insurance | — |
| Healthcare & Social Work | — |
| Hospitality & Food Service | — |
| Information & Technology | — |
| Manufacturing | — |
| Mining & Quarrying | — |
| Other Services | — |
| Professional & Scientific Services | — |
| Public Administration & Defence | — |
| Real Estate | — |
| Retail & Wholesale Trade | — |
| Transport & Logistics | — |
| Utilities | — |
2025 annual wages in St Peter Port, Guernsey · Source: GDP-derived estimate (from UK)
Quick comparison FAQ
Structured from the deltas already shown on this page — no invented facts, no extra data sources.
How far does your money go in St Peter Port compared with the US?
Your money goes roughly the same distance in St Peter Port as in the US — St Peter Port is close to purchasing-power parity with the baseline market right now. We are using the country-level cost index for Guernsey here because a defensible city-level aggregate index is not available yet.
Is St Peter Port cheaper or more expensive overall than New York City?
St Peter Port is cheaper overall than New York City — overall living costs are about 27% cheaper than the global benchmark (New York City) for St Peter Port. We are using the country-level cost index for Guernsey here because a defensible city-level aggregate index is not available yet.
How does rent in St Peter Port compare with New York City?
Rent in St Peter Port is about 45% cheaper than the global benchmark (New York City). We are using the country-level cost index for Guernsey here because a defensible city-level aggregate index is not available yet.
How expensive are groceries and restaurants in St Peter Port?
Groceries in St Peter Port are about 23% cheaper than the global benchmark (New York City), and restaurant prices are about 29% cheaper than the same benchmark. We are using the country-level cost index for Guernsey here because a defensible city-level aggregate index is not available yet.
About St Peter Port
Saint Peter Port is the capital of Guernsey, a British Crown Dependency in the Channel Islands, with about 16,000 residents on the eastern coast of the island facing the French Cotentin Peninsula. The local economy is dominated by offshore financial services including private banking, fund administration, and insurance, alongside a remaining horticultural and tourism base. English is the dominant language with Guernesiais, a Norman-French variety, surviving as a heritage language. The climate is mild oceanic moderated by the surrounding sea, sunnier than mainland Britain. Guernsey sits outside the UK and EU but maintains specific arrangements with both and operates its own immigration system requiring most foreign residents to secure employment-linked housing licenses. Saint Peter Port suits relocators with specific financial sector employment willing to manage island-specific housing regulation.
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