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Scottish Household Survey 2024 findings: neighbourhoods and communities report

This report provides insights into neighbourhoods and communities in Scotland. It draws on key data from the Scottish Household Survey (2024) to explore neighbourhoods and communities both at a national level in Scotland and for different subgroups and different places.


Annex D: Detailed tables showing 2024 scores for ‘neighbourhood rating’, ‘places to meet and socialise’ and ‘loneliness’ by Local Authority

Table 3: Percentage of adults who rate their neighbourhood as a 'very' or 'fairly' good place to live, 2024, Local Authority Areas in Scotland
Local Authority Percentage of adults Colour range in map
Aberdeen City 92% Light blue
Aberdeenshire 97% Dark blue
Angus 95% Medium blue
Argyll & Bute 99% Dark blue
Clackmannanshire 94% Light blue
Dumfries & Galloway 97% Dark blue
Dundee City 91% Light blue
East Ayrshire 93% Light blue
East Dunbartonshire 98% Dark blue
East Lothian 96% Medium blue
East Renfrewshire 98% Dark blue
Edinburgh, City of 95% Medium blue
Falkirk 89% Light blue
Fife 93% Light blue
Glasgow City 90% Light blue
Highland 96% Medium blue
Inverclyde 94% Medium blue
Midlothian 95% Medium blue
Moray 94% Medium blue
Na h-Eileanan Siar 99% Dark blue
North Ayrshire 87% Light blue
North Lanarkshire 92% Light blue
Orkney Islands 100% Dark blue
Perth & Kinross 97% Medium blue
Renfrewshire 95% Medium blue
Scottish Borders 97% Dark blue
Shetland Islands 96% Medium blue
South Ayrshire 95% Medium blue
South Lanarkshire 94% Medium blue
Stirling 96% Medium blue
West Dunbartonshire 89% Light blue
West Lothian 93% Light blue
Table 4 : Percentage of adults who ‘agreed’ or ‘strongly agreed’ there are places to meet and socialise, 2023, Local Authority Areas in Scotland
Local Authority Percentage of adults Colour range in map
Aberdeen City 63% Medium blue
Aberdeenshire 64% Medium blue
Angus 52% Light blue
Argyll & Bute 72% Dark blue
Clackmannanshire 68% Medium blue
Dumfries & Galloway 60% Medium blue
Dundee City 53% Light blue
East Ayrshire 61% Medium blue
East Dunbartonshire 68% Medium blue
East Lothian 74% Dark blue
East Renfrewshire 81% Dark blue
Edinburgh, City of 70% Medium blue
Falkirk 49% Light blue
Fife 59% Medium blue
Glasgow City 56% Light blue
Highland 55% Light blue
Inverclyde 51% Light blue
Midlothian 66% Medium blue
Moray 64% Medium blue
Na h-Eileanan Siar 72% Dark blue
North Ayrshire 65% Medium blue
North Lanarkshire 48% Light blue
Orkney Islands 76% Dark blue
Perth & Kinross 70% Dark blue
Renfrewshire 47% Light blue
Scottish Borders 76% Dark blue
Shetland Islands 84% Dark blue
South Ayrshire 47% Light blue
South Lanarkshire 55% Light blue
Stirling 68% Medium blue
West Dunbartonshire 37% Light blue
West Lothian 64% Medium blue
Table 5 Percentage of adults who experienced loneliness in the last week ‘all or almost all of the time’, ‘some of the time’, ‘most of the time’, 2024, Local Authority Areas in Scotland
Local Authority Percentage of adults Colour range in map
Aberdeen City 19% Medium blue
Aberdeenshire 18% Medium blue
Angus 25% Light blue
Argyll & Bute 14% Dark blue
Clackmannanshire 28% Light blue
Dumfries & Galloway 25% Light blue
Dundee City 29% Light blue
East Ayrshire 23% Light blue
East Dunbartonshire 14% Dark blue
East Lothian 18% Medium blue
East Renfrewshire 15% Dark blue
Edinburgh, City of 20% Medium blue
Falkirk 20% Medium blue
Fife 25% Light blue
Glasgow City 21% Medium blue
Highland 15% Dark blue
Inverclyde 14% Dark blue
Midlothian 17% Dark blue
Moray 15% Dark blue
Na h-Eileanan Siar 15% Dark blue
North Ayrshire 33% Light blue
North Lanarkshire 17% Medium blue
Orkney Islands 21% Medium blue
Perth & Kinross 27% Light blue
Renfrewshire 15% Dark blue
Scottish Borders 15% Dark blue
Shetland Islands 16% Dark blue
South Ayrshire 24% Light blue
South Lanarkshire 15% Dark blue
Stirling 30% Light blue
West Dunbartonshire 19% Medium blue
West Lothian 24% Light blue

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