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Scotland's People Volume 7: results from the 2001/2002 Scottish Household Survey
Table 4-31: Aspects of neighbourhood particularly disliked 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 |
Nothing | 59 | 37 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 46 |
Young people hanging about/nothing for young people to do | 6 | 16 | 41 | 50 | 14 | 13 |
Vandalism | 3 | 10 | 39 | 53 | 6 | 9 |
Other | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 7 |
Drug abuse | 1 | 7 | 33 | 51 | 12 | 7 |
Poorly maintained/rundown | 3 | 6 | 24 | 34 | 7 | 6 |
Noise | 3 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 13 | 6 |
Parking problems | 5 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 6 |
Poor public transport | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 |
Problem with neighbours | 2 | 6 | 19 | 30 | 8 | 5 |
Alcohol abuse | 1 | 6 | 25 | 40 | 6 | 5 |
Unsafe/crime | 1 | 5 | 25 | 44 | 10 | 5 |
Poor local leisure facilities | 3 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 5 |
Too much traffic/speeding traffic | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
Poor local shops | 3 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 4 |
Problems with dogs | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 4 |
Remoteness/isolation | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
Nowhere for children to play | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 |
Litter/rubbish | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Poor outlook/view | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 1 |
Poor local schools | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 |
Base | 14,783 | 11,444 | 1,411 | 813 | 127 | 28,587 |
Columns add to more than 100% since multiple responses were allowed
Table 4-32: Aspects of neighbourhood particularly disliked 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 |
Nothing | 40 | 47 | 50 | 55 | 49 | 55 | 45 |
Young people hanging about/nothing for young people to do | 18 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 13 |
Vandalism | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
Other | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 7 |
Drug abuse | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
Poorly maintained/rundown | 8 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
Noise | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
Parking problems | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
Poor public transport | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 5 |
Problem with neighbours | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
Alcohol abuse | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
Unsafe/crime | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
Poor local leisure facilities | 5 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 |
Too much traffic/speeding traffic | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
Poor local shops | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
Problems with dogs | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Remoteness/isolation | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
Nowhere for children to play | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Litter/rubbish | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Poor outlook/view | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Poor local schools | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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
Table 4-33: Experience of neighbourhood problems by household type (% saying each is very or fairly common)
Column percentages, 2001/2002 data
Adult population
| Single adult | Small
adult | Single parent | Small family | Large family | Large adult | Older smaller | Single pensioner | All |
Noisy neighbours/loud parties | 14 | 8 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 8 |
Vandalism/graffiti/damage to property | 24 | 18 | 37 | 17 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 19 |
Groups of young people hanging about | 38 | 32 | 51 | 33 | 38 | 32 | 24 | 22 | 32 |
People drinking or using drugs | 30 | 22 | 43 | 22 | 28 | 22 | 15 | 15 | 22 |
Rubbish or litter lying around | 36 | 30 | 44 | 29 | 32 | 30 | 26 | 24 | 30 |
Base | 4,608 | 4,729 | 1,755 | 3,922 | 1,896 | 2,485 | 4,354 | 4,936 | 28,685 |
Table 4-34: Experience of neighbourhood problems by tenure of household (% saying each is very or fairly common)
Column percentages, 2001/2002 data
Adult population
| Owned outright | Buying with help of loan/mortgage | Rent - Local Authority / Scottish Homes | Rent - Housing Association / Co-op | Rent - private landlord | Other | All |
Noisy neighbours/loud parties | 4 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 8 |
Vandalism/graffiti/damage to property | 13 | 15 | 31 | 32 | 16 | 19 | 19 |
Groups of young people hanging about | 21 | 31 | 43 | 46 | 30 | 29 | 32 |
People drinking or using drugs | 13 | 19 | 35 | 35 | 25 | 23 | 22 |
Rubbish or litter lying around | 25 | 27 | 38 | 40 | 31 | 31 | 30 |
Base | 7,742 | 10,627 | 6,553 | 1,559 | 1,682 | 522 | 28,685 |
Table 4-35: Experience of neighbourhood problems by urban/rural classification (% saying each is very or fairly common)
Column percentages, 2001/2002 data
Adult population
| Large urban areas | Other urban areas | Accessible small towns | Remote small towns | Accessible rural | Remote rural | Scotland |
Noisy neighbours/loud parties | 10 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
Vandalism/graffiti/damage to property | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 19 |
Groups of young people hanging about | 37 | 33 | 31 | 22 | 22 | 13 | 32 |
People drinking or using drugs | 26 | 24 | 23 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 22 |
Rubbish or litter lying around | 35 | 30 | 29 | 26 | 18 | 13 | 30 |
Base | 10,298 | 8,352 | 2,937 | 1,290 | 3,264 | 2,498 | 28,639 |
Table 4-36: Local authority by experience of neighbourhood problems (% saying each is very or fairly common)
Row percentages, 2001/2002 data, Adult population
| Noisy neighbours/ loud parties | Vandalism/ graffiti/ damage to property | Groups of young people | People drinking or using drugs | Rubbish or litter lying around | Base |
Aberdeen City | 8 | 20 | 27 | 22 | 19 | 1,164 |
Aberdeenshire | 3 | 11 | 23 | 13 | 21 | 1,127 |
Angus | 7 | 14 | 24 | 15 | 26 | 635 |
Argyll and Bute | 5 | 13 | 19 | 15 | 23 | 548 |
Clackmannanshire | 12 | 27 | 43 | 32 | 35 | 520 |
Dumfries and Galloway | 4 | 10 | 23 | 15 | 20 | 775 |
Dundee City | 10 | 15 | 26 | 18 | 23 | 788 |
East Ayrshire | 7 | 22 | 34 | 30 | 34 | 670 |
East Dumbartonshire | 4 | 15 | 30 | 21 | 30 | 556 |
East Lothian | 5 | 12 | 29 | 14 | 22 | 553 |
East Renfrewshire | 6 | 12 | 30 | 13 | 32 | 506 |
Edinburgh City | 9 | 21 | 31 | 21 | 39 | 2,234 |
Eilean Siar | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 630 |
Falkirk | 7 | 19 | 41 | 28 | 35 | 746 |
Fife | 7 | 17 | 30 | 23 | 26 | 1,768 |
Glasgow City | 13 | 36 | 46 | 34 | 44 | 3,037 |
Highland | 6 | 9 | 21 | 16 | 23 | 1,081 |
Inverclyde | 8 | 20 | 38 | 26 | 33 | 499 |
Midlothian | 7 | 21 | 40 | 25 | 38 | 604 |
Moray | 5 | 6 | 17 | 11 | 16 | 581 |
North Ayrshire | 6 | 15 | 29 | 20 | 28 | 728 |
North Lanarkshire | 8 | 23 | 38 | 30 | 31 | 1,547 |
Orkney | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 615 |
Perth and Kinross | 6 | 12 | 23 | 13 | 19 | 675 |
Renfrewshire | 8 | 19 | 33 | 20 | 27 | 899 |
Scottish Borders | 4 | 7 | 19 | 10 | 24 | 609 |
Shetland | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 606 |
South Ayrshire | 5 | 14 | 27 | 19 | 27 | 654 |
South Lanarkshire | 5 | 18 | 30 | 25 | 27 | 1,527 |
Stirling | 8 | 13 | 29 | 20 | 24 | 570 |
West Dumbartonshire | 10 | 28 | 46 | 32 | 40 | 499 |
West Lothian | 7 | 18 | 36 | 23 | 34 | 734 |
Scotland | 8 | 19 | 32 | 22 | 30 | 28,685 |
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