St Saviour
St. Saviour houses Jersey's institutions—Government House, secondary schools, Highlands College—as second most populous parish (13,904) with slow recent growth.
St. Saviour functions as Jersey's institutional parish—Government House (the Lieutenant Governor's residence), Highlands College, and most of the island's secondary schools concentrate here, the educational and administrative infrastructure that St. Helier's commercial density could not accommodate. Population of 13,904 makes St. Saviour Jersey's second most populous parish, residential density of 1,498 per km² reflecting suburban character rather than urban intensity.
The parish's position adjacent to St. Helier created residential overflow that preceded the finance boom—families seeking space that the capital could not provide while maintaining proximity to employment. This bedroom community function predates and persists alongside the finance industry's transformation of island economy. The slow population growth (lowest among parishes 2011-2021) suggests buildout rather than expansion, available land already developed.
Institutional concentration creates parish character distinct from pure residential function—students, government workers, and the formal sector employment that institutions provide. Whether St. Saviour maintains this institutional identity—or whether residential pressure displaces the schools and government functions toward less valuable land—shapes whether the parish remains Jersey's administrative center or becomes merely St. Helier's suburb.