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Creating sustainable communities and a fairer world

66. Satisfaction in local area

This is supported by two additional wellbeing measures trust in neighbourhoods and influence in neighbourhoods

Percentage of households satisfied with the quality of the places in which they live (a) overall (b) in deprived areas, 1999-00 to 2007-8

66a·

All households satisfied:
1990
2003
Neighbourhood Renewal Fund Areas satisfied:
1990
2003
  • Across a range of issues, an average of 66 per cent of households were satisfied with their local area in 2007-8, a small increase compared with 64 per cent in  2003-4.   Traffic was identified as a problem by 52 per cent of households, litter/rubbish by 43 per cent and vandalism/hooliganism by 39 per cent in 2007-8.
  • Across the same range of issues, an average of 61 per cent of households in Neighbourhood Renewal Fund Districts were satisfied with their local area in 2007-8, similar to  earlier years.

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Updated: 30 July 2009