A majority of Manx residents believe racism exists in the island, a survey has found.

And more than half of those who responded to the survey said they supported the Black Lives Matter movement.

Some 1,047 adult residents from the island took part in the racial and ethnic equality survey carried out by Island Global Research.

Questionnaires were also completed by 607 Jersey residents and 728 Guernsey residents.

Some 14% of respondents in the Isle of Man said they believed there is a great deal of racism in the island today and 37% said that they think it exists here to some extent.

A total of 31% said they believed there was not much racism here and 17% thought there was none at all.

One in five of those under 40 said there is a great deal of racism compared to one in seven of those aged 40 to 64 and fewer than one in 10 of those aged 65 plus.

Some 41% of those who completed the questionnaire said they thought changes are still needed to give all racial and ethnic groups equality in the Isle of Man.

When asked what is the bigger problem in the island, respondents were equally likely (48% to 52%) to say ’not seeing racism’ as they were to say ’seeing racism where it does not exist’.

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The survey found that 16% of Channel Islands respondents believe there is a great deal of racism there with a further 49% believing it exists to some extent.

When asked about the Black Lives Matter movement, results were similar across the three islands.

No fewer than 80% of respondents said they had heard a lot about Black Lives Matter and 28% felt they understood the movement’s goals very well.

A total of 29% said there strongly supported the movement and a further 22% said they somewhat supported it.

Eighteen per cent strongly opposed Black Lives Matter and 13% somewhat opposed it, with 15% neutral on the issue.

The survey was launched in the Isle of Man on August 24 and closed on September 3.

Eighty three per cent of respondents here were white, 14% said they were from the black, Asian or minority ethnic community and 3% said they preferred not to say.

Sixty per cent of those from the black and minority ethnic community said a little, some or a great deal of racism exists in the Isle of Man but this was a small base of only 87 respondents.