High Level Summary of Statistics Trend Last update: Friday, May 15, 2009
Perceptions of neighbourhood
Improving housing is not just about increasing supply, but also about a wider investment in building attractive and sustainable communities, and enhancing the opportunities and quality of life for those who live in them. This focus is reflected in the Scottish government National Indicator on the proportion of adults who rate their neighbourhood as a good place to live. In 2007, 93% of adults rated their neighbourhood as a fairly or very good place to live, and there has been very little variation between 1999 and 2007.
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Delivering these improved outcomes is especially challenging in Scotland's most deprived areas - those ranked in the most deprived 15% identified in the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation. There is some indication that perceptions of neighbourhood may be becoming somewhat less negative over time for these areas.
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However, while the most deprived areas are similar to the rest of Scotland in terms of what residents like about them, there are marked differences in terms of what they dislike, with much greater dissatisfaction with quality of life issues such as the unpleasant or unsafe environments, problem residents and lack of sense of community.
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Source: Scottish Household Survey
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