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Scotland's People Volume 7: results from the 2001/2002 Scottish Household Survey

Table 4-28: Local authority by rating of neighbourhood as a place to live

Row percentages, 2001/2002 data, Adult population

Very good

Fairly good

Fairly poor

Very poor

No opinion

Total

Base

Aberdeen City

48

44

5

2

0

100

1,164

Aberdeenshire

61

34

2

2

1

100

1,127

Angus

62

31

4

3

-

100

635

Argyll and Bute

62

32

3

3

1

100

548

Clackmannanshire

43

48

7

3

-

100

520

Dumfries and Galloway

58

37

3

2

0

100

775

Dundee City

46

44

7

3

1

100

788

East Ayrshire

47

44

4

4

0

100

670

East Dumbartonshire

56

41

2

1

0

100

556

East Lothian

67

27

4

1

0

100

553

East Renfrewshire

63

34

2

0

0

100

506

Edinburgh City

56

38

4

2

0

100

2,234

Eilean Siar

70

27

2

1

-

100

630

Falkirk

46

47

5

2

1

100

746

Fife

51

43

4

2

1

100

1,768

Glasgow City

33

51

9

6

1

100

3,037

Highland

63

32

3

1

0

100

1,081

Inverclyde

48

41

6

4

1

100

499

Midlothian

46

48

5

2

-

100

604

Moray

62

34

2

1

0

100

581

North Ayrshire

49

45

4

2

0

100

728

North Lanarkshire

40

47

8

4

1

100

1,547

Orkney

70

28

1

1

1

100

615

Perth and Kinross

67

29

2

2

0

100

675

Renfrewshire

48

42

5

4

0

100

899

Scottish Borders

66

31

2

0

0

100

609

Shetland

61

36

2

1

-

100

606

South Ayrshire

56

39

3

2

0

100

654

South Lanarkshire

49

43

5

3

0

100

1,527

Stirling

63

31

6

1

0

100

570

West Dumbartonshire

36

52

7

5

0

100

499

West Lothian

45

49

4

2

0

100

734

Scotland

51

41

5

3

0

100

28,685

Table 4-29: Aspects of neighbourhood particularly liked by rating of neighbourhood as a place to live

Column percentages, 2001/2002 data
Adult population

Very good

Fairly good

Fairly poor

Very poor

No opinion

All

Quiet/peaceful

70

50

13

7

27

57

Convenient shop/amenities

33

36

28

16

23

34

Friendly people

37

27

15

7

9

31

Good outlook/view

25

15

9

4

15

20

Nicely landscaped/open spaces

25

15

8

3

9

19

Safe/low crime

25

14

3

1

6

19

Good neighbours

21

16

11

7

5

18

Good public transport

16

19

19

11

15

17

Good local shops

12

13

11

7

9

12

Area well maintained

14

7

3

1

3

10

Good local schools

9

8

6

4

2

8

Good local leisure facilities

7

6

3

2

3

7

Accessible/good location handy

7

6

4

3

4

6

Nothing

1

5

25

48

29

5

Good facilities for children

4

3

2

1

1

3

Like house

3

3

3

2

1

3

Other

3

3

3

3

2

3

Family/friends here

1

1

2

2

2

1

Always lived here/been here long time

1

1

1

1

3

1

Like area/like living here

1

1

0

0

1

1

Near work

1

1

1

1

2

1

Community spirit

1

0

0

1

1

Base

14,783

11,444

1,411

813

127

28,578

Columns add to more than 100% since multiple responses were allowed


Table 4-30: Aspects of neighbourhood particularly liked by urban/rural classification

Column percentages, 2001/2002 data
Adult population

Large urban areas

Other urban areas

Accessible small towns

Remote small towns

Accessible rural

Remote rural

Scotland

Quiet/peaceful

48

57

61

61

71

71

57

Convenient shop/amenities

40

37

30

52

14

16

34

Friendly people

30

28

31

30

36

39

31

Good outlook/view

15

15

16

21

29

43

20

Nicely landscaped/open spaces

18

16

17

15

28

30

19

Safe/low crime

18

15

15

24

20

35

19

Good neighbours

19

20

16

20

15

19

18

Good public transport

29

17

7

5

4

3

17

Good local shops

20

11

7

9

4

7

12

Area well maintained

13

12

7

5

7

5

10

Good local schools

9

9

7

8

6

7

8

Good local leisure facilities

9

7

4

5

3

5

7

Accessible/good location handy

7

5

4

4

8

6

6

Nothing

6

6

5

3

3

3

5

Good facilities for children

3

3

3

3

2

4

3

Like house

4

3

2

3

1

3

3

Other

3

3

3

2

4

3

3

Family/friends here

1

1

1

1

1

0

1

Always lived here/been here long time

1

1

1

0

1

1

1

Like area/like living here

0

1

1

0

2

1

1

Near work

1

1

0

0

0

0

1

Community spirit

0

0

1

0

2

1

1

Base

10,253

8,314

2,921

1,289

3,260

2,495

28,532

Columns add to more than 100% since multiple responses were allowed

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