Scotland's people:Annual Report: Results from the 2003/2004 Scottish Household Survey

Table 4.31: Aspects of neighbourhood particularly liked by urban/rural classification
Column percentages, 2003/2004 data
Adult population

	Large urban areas	Other urban areas	Accessible small towns	Remote small towns	Accessible rural	Remote rural	Scotland
Quiet peaceful	47	57	61	61	71	72	56
Convenient shop / other amenities	41	36	29	38	15	14	33
Good neighbours	32	34	35	40	31	30	33
Friendly people	25	27	32	36	37	39	29
Nicely landscaped/open spaces	15	13	18	19	29	35	18
Good outlook / view	12	13	16	19	28	44	17
Good public transport	26	14	9	6	4	2	16
Safe area / low crime	13	13	14	19	22	28	15
Good local shops	17	9	8	9	4	4	11
Area well maintained	11	9	8	7	8	4	9
Community spirit / good sense of community	7	6	9	6	14	13	8
Good local schools	9	8	7	7	7	4	8
Good local leisure facilities	8	5	4	5	3	2	6
No / little traffic	4	5	6	6	6	6	5
Accessible / good location / handy	4	3	3	1	3	0	3
Good facilities for children	3	3	3	3	3	2	3
Safe / slow traffic	3	3	2	4	3	3	3
Close to countryside / rural	1	1	2	2	7	4	2
Family / friends here	1	1	1	1	1	0	1
Always lived here / been here long time	1	1	1	1	1	0	1
Near work	1	1	1	0	1	0	1
Seclusion / privacy	0	1	1	1	2	1	1
Like house	1	1	1	1	0	0	1
Like area / like living here	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Affordable housing	0	0	0	-	0	-	0
Other	4	4	2	2	4	4	3
Nothing	6	5	5	3	3	2	5
Base	10,468	8,066	2,965	1,320	3,443	2,481	28,743

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

Table 4.32: Aspects of neighbourhood particularly disliked by rating of neighbourhood as a place to live
Column percentages, 2003/2004 data
Adult population

	Very good	Fairly good	Fairly poor	Very poor	No opinion	All
Young people hanging about / nothing for young people to do	6	19	43	46	18	14
Vandalism	3	10	34	48	11	8
Fast / speeding traffic	6	7	7	7	4	6
Parking problems	6	7	6	7	5	6
Drug abuse	1	7	30	48	9	6
Too much traffic	5	6	7	4	7	5
Nowhere for children to play	3	6	14	21	5	5
Alcohol abuse	1	5	21	34	8	5
Poor public transport	5	4	6	5	3	5
Noise	2	6	13	17	9	4
Problems with neighbours	2	5	17	27	2	4
Poor local leisure facilities	3	5	11	11	5	4
Poorly maintained / run down	1	4	19	32	6	4
Unsafe/crime	1	4	21	37	7	4
Poor local shops	3	4	7	8	5	4
Problems with dogs / cats	3	4	6	9	1	3
Litter / rubbish	1	2	2	2	-	2
Problems with road / pavement maintenance	2	1	0	0	-	1
Poor outlook / view	0	1	4	10	4	1
Remoteness / isolation	1	1	1	1	1	1
Poor local schools	0	1	1	2	-	1
Lack of amenities (doctor, bank, post office etc.)	1	0	0	1	-	1
Pollution/smells/problems with industry	1	0	0	0	-	1
Lack of policing	0	1	1	1	-	0
Inadequate streetlighting	0	0	0	1	1	0
No sense of community	0	0	1	1	2	0
Too expensive rates/council tax	0	0	0	0	-	0
No jobs/investment	0	0	1	0		0
Other	6	6	8	6	12	6
Nothing	60	38	10	7	47	47
Base	15,170	11,227	1,456	721	171	28,745

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

Table 4.33: Aspects of neighbourhood particularly disliked by urban/rural classification
Column percentages, 2003/2004 data
Adult population

	Large urban areas	Other urban areas	Accessible small towns	Remote small towns	Accessible rural	Remote rural	Scotland
Young people hanging about / nothing for young people to do	18	14	11	7	9	2	14
Vandalism	12	8	6	3	4	1	8
Fast / speeding traffic	7	6	6	5	7	3	6
Parking problems	8	6	6	5	3	1	6
Drug abuse	7	8	6	2	3	1	6
Too much traffic	7	5	5	3	4	2	5
Nowhere for children to play	6	6	4	3	3	1	5
Alcohol abuse	6	5	4	2	2	0	5
Poor public transport	3	3	4	1	12	10	5
Noise	6	5	4	4	2	1	4
Problems with neighbours	5	6	4	3	3	2	4
Poor local leisure facilities	4	4	5	3	7	7	4
Poorly maintained / run down	6	4	2	3	2	1	4
Unsafe/crime	6	4	2	1	1	0	4
Poor local shops	4	3	3	2	6	5	4
Problems with dogs / cats	4	3	4	3	2	1	3
Litter / rubbish	2	1	1	1	1	0	2
Problems with road / pavement maintenance	1	2	1	1	2	2	1
Poor outlook / view	2	1	1	1	0	0	1
Remoteness / isolation	0	1	1	1	2	3	1
Poor local schools	1	0	0	0	1	1	1
Lack of amenities (doctor, bank, post office etc.)	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Pollution / smells / problems with industry	0	0	1	1	1	1	1
Lack of policing	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Inadequate/streetlighting	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
No sense of community	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Too expensive rates/council tax	0	0	0	-	1	2	0
No jobs/investment	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Other	5	5	7	6	7	7	6
Nothing	42	49	51	60	48	60	47
Base	10,468	8,066	2,965	1,320	3,442	2,481	28,742

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

Table 4.34: Experience of neighbourhood problems by household type (% saying each is very or fairly common)
Column percentages, 2003/2004 data
Adult population

	Single adult	Small adult	Single parent	Small family	Large family	Large adult	Older smaller	Single pensioner	All
Noisy neighbours/loud parties	13	9	19	8	9	7	4	5	8
Vandalism/ graffiti/ damage to property	23	18	33	18	22	19	14	16	18
Groups of young people hanging about	37	31	51	34	36	33	22	23	31
People drinking or using drugs	30	23	42	24	27	23	14	16	23
Rubbish or litter lying around	35	30	44	28	32	27	25	24	29
Base	4,920	4,644	1,755	3,807	1,794	2,485	4,339	4,999	28,743

Table 4.35: Experience of neighbourhood problems by tenure of household (% saying each is very or fairly common)
Column percentages, 2003/2004 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	6	17	16	10	7	8
Vandalism/ graffiti/ damage to property	14	15	30	34	15	15	18
Groups of young people hanging about	22	31	43	47	28	21	31
People drinking or using drugs	15	20	37	38	23	18	23
Rubbish or litter lying around	25	27	38	42	26	25	29
Base	8,344	10,298	5,739	2,010	1,790	563	28,744

Table 4.36: Experience of neighbourhood problems by urban/rural classification (% saying each is very or fairly common)
Column percentages, 2003/2004 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	9	8	6	4	2	8
Vandalism/ graffiti/ damage to property	25	18	14	10	10	3	18
Groups of young people hanging about	36	33	30	21	23	11	31
People drinking or using drugs	26	25	23	16	15	8	23
Rubbish or litter lying around	35	30	27	22	20	10	29
Base	10,467	8,066	2,965	1,320	3,442	2,481	28,741

Table 4.37: Local authority by experience of neighbourhood problems (% saying each is very or fairly common)
Row percentages, 2003/2004 data
Adult population

	Noisy neighbours/ loud parties	Vandalism/ graffiti/ damage to property	Groups of young people hanging about	People drinking or using drugs	Rubbish or litter lying around	Base
Aberdeen City	9	18	28	24	21	1,065
Aberdeenshire	3	9	23	12	19	1,162
Angus	8	11	22	13	25	587
Argyll and Bute	5	8	20	15	18	524
Clackmannanshire	13	25	40	30	36	541
Dumfries and Galloway	4	9	20	12	16	784
Dundee City	12	22	33	22	32	779
East Ayrshire	9	22	40	36	32	651
East Dunbartonshire	4	16	30	20	25	502
East Lothian	4	12	23	16	19	503
East Renfrewshire	5	14	27	16	29	566
Edinburgh City	10	19	30	19	33	2,312
Eilean Siar	5	1	5	5	7	532
Falkirk	8	19	38	27	37	772
Fife	8	17	35	26	27	1,978
Glasgow City	12	35	46	35	48	3,129
Highland	6	10	20	14	20	1,024
Inverclyde	6	20	32	24	33	526
Midlothian	9	18	34	22	33	531
Moray	6	7	16	11	17	584
North Ayrshire	9	20	31	28	34	696
North Lanarkshire	8	18	31	26	27	1,633
Orkney	2	1	5	5	7	638
Perth and Kinross	5	10	20	11	15	602
Renfrewshire	9	23	37	25	29	938
Scottish Borders	6	7	19	15	27	633
Shetland	3	2	4	3	5	639
South Ayrshire	6	13	28	20	24	591
South Lanarkshire	8	19	34	27	27	1,495
Stirling	7	16	29	24	25	554
West Dunbartonshire	16	32	48	39	39	462
West Lothian	7	13	30	19	25	813
Scotland	8	18	31	23	29	28,746

Table 4.38: Experiences of neighbour disputes by banded age
Column percentages, 2003/2004 data
Adult population

	16 to 24	25 to 34	35 to 44	45 to 59	60 to 74	75 plus	All
Never/nothing serious	91	89	89	93	95	97	92
Any serious disputes	9	11	11	7	5	3	8
Once	4	5	5	3	2	2	3
Twice	2	2	2	1	1	0	1
Three times	1	1	1	1	0	0	1
Four or more	3	3	3	2	1	1	2
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	2,316	4,208	5,391	6,775	6,385	3,666	28,741

Table 4.39: Experiences of neighbour disputes by sex
Column percentages, 2003/2004 data
Adult population

	Male	Female	All
Never/nothing serious	93	92	92
Any serious disputes	7	8	8
Once	3	4	3
Twice	1	1	1
Three times	1	1	1
Four or more	2	2	2
Total	100	100	100
Base	12,239	16,502	28,741

Table 4.40: Experiences of neighbour disputes by household type
Column percentages, 2003/2004 data
Adult population

	Single adult	Small adult	Single parent	Small family	Large family	Large adult	Older smaller	Single pensioner	All
Never/nothing serious	90	92	83	89	90	94	96	96	92
Any serious disputes	10	8	17	11	10	6	4	4	8
Once	4	4	7	4	5	3	2	2	3
Twice	2	1	3	2	2	1	1	1	1
Three times	1	1	2	1	1	1	0	0	1
Four or more	2	2	5	3	2	2	1	1	2
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	4,920	4,644	1,755	3,806	1,794	2,485	4,338	4,999	28,741

Table 4.41: Experiences of neighbour disputes by number of children in the household
Column percentages, 2003/2004 data
Adult population

	None	One	Two	Three	Four or more	All
Never/nothing serious	94	89	89	89	80	92
Any serious disputes	6	11	11	11	20	8
Once	3	4	5	6	9	3
Twice	1	2	2	1	5	1
Three times	1	1	1	1	1	1
Four or more	2	3	2	3	4	2
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	21,386	3,434	2,919	788	214	28,741

Table 4.42: Experiences of neighbour disputes by tenure
Column percentages, 2003/2004 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
Never/nothing serious	96	93	88	87	92	94	92
Any serious disputes	4	7	12	13	8	6	8
Once	2	4	4	5	3	3	3
Twice	1	1	2	2	2	1	1
Three times	0	1	1	2	1	1	1
Four or more	1	2	4	4	2	1	2
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	8,343	10,297	5,738	2,010	1,790	563	28,741

Table 4.43: Experiences of neighbour disputes by property type
Column percentages, 2003/2004 data
Adult population

	Detached house	Semi-detached house	Terraced house	Flat/ maisonette	Other	All
Never/nothing serious	96	95	92	87	95	92
Any serious disputes	4	5	8	13	5	8
Once	2	3	4	5	4	3
Twice	0	1	1	2	1	1
Three times	0	0	1	1	-	1
Four or more	1	1	2	4	-	2
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	6,439	6,288	6,283	9,628	103	28,741

Table 4.44: Experiences of neighbour disputes by urban/rural classification
Column percentages, 2003/2004 data
Adult population

	Large urban areas	Other urban areas	Accessible small towns	Remote small towns	Accessible rural	Remote rural	Scotland
Never/nothing serious	91	92	92	95	94	96	92
Any serious disputes	9	8	8	5	6	4	8
Once	4	3	4	2	3	2	3
Twice	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Three times	1	1	1	0	0	0	1
Four or more	2	2	2	1	1	1	2
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	10,466	8,065	2,965	1,319	3,442	2,481	28,738

Table 4.45: Experiences of neighbour disputes by local authority
Row percentages, 2003/2004 data
Adult population

	Never/ nothing serious	*Any serious disputes*	Once	Twice	Three times	Four or more	Total	Base
Aberdeen City	91	9	3	2	1	2	100	1,064
Aberdeenshire	96	4	2	1	0	1	100	1,162
Angus	92	8	4	2	0	2	100	587
Argyll and Bute	93	7	4	2	0	1	100	524
Clackmannanshire	88	12	4	2	1	4	100	541
Dumfries and Galloway	96	4	2	0	0	1	100	784
Dundee City	93	7	3	1	0	2	100	779
East Ayrshire	94	6	2	2	0	2	100	651
East Dunbartonshire	93	7	3	2	0	1	100	502
East Lothian	92	8	4	1	1	2	100	503
East Renfrewshire	95	5	3	0	1	1	100	566
Edinburgh City	91	9	5	1	1	2	100	2,312
Eilean Siar	99	1	1	0	0	1	100	532
Falkirk	95	5	2	0	1	1	100	772
Fife	91	9	4	2	1	2	100	1,978
Glasgow City	89	11	4	2	1	3	100	3,129
Highland	94	6	4	1	1	1	100	1,024
Inverclyde	91	9	3	1	1	4	100	526
Midlothian	90	10	4	2	2	2	100	531
Moray	94	6	3	1	0	1	100	584
North Ayrshire	92	8	3	2	1	3	100	696
North Lanarkshire	94	6	3	1	1	2	100	1,633
Orkney	96	4	3	1	0	-	100	637
Perth and Kinross	93	7	4	1	1	1	100	602
Renfrewshire	91	9	4	1	1	3	100	938
Scottish Borders	94	6	3	1	0	2	100	633
Shetland	98	2	0	1	1	0	100	639
South Ayrshire	93	7	3	1	0	2	100	591
South Lanarkshire	94	6	2	1	1	2	100	1,493
Stirling	93	7	3	1	0	2	100	554
West Dunbartonshire	87	13	5	2	1	4	100	462
West Lothian	92	8	4	1	1	2	100	812
Scotland	92	8	3	1	1	2	100	28,741

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