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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 E: Data tables for charts

This section contains the underlying data in an accessible table format for charts in the report.

Table 6: Percentage of adults who rate their neighbourhood as a 'very good' and 'fairly good' place to live by SIMD, Quintile 1 and Quintile 5, 2024, Scotland (Data for Figure 2)
Rating Quintile 1 - 20% most deprived Quintile 5 - 20% least deprived
Very good 26% 73%
Fairly good 58% 26%
Table 7: Percentage of adults agreeing with statements about their involvement with other adults in the neighbourhood, 2023 and 2024, Scotland (Data for Figure 3)
Statement 2023 2024
Could rely on a neighbour for help 86% 84%
Could count on neighbour to keep an eye on my home 85% 84%
Could turn to neighbours for advice or support 80% 75%
Would help neighbours in an emergency 89% 89%
Table 8: Percentage of adults who agree that local people take action to improve the neighbourhood by housing tenure, 2024, Scotland (Data for Figure 5)
Statement Owner occupied Social rented Private rented Other
This is a neighbourhood where local people take action to help improve the neighbourhood 65% 44% 50% 51%
Table 9: Percentage of adults who report feeling lonely 'some of the time', or 'most, almost all or all of the time' by age, 2024, Scotland (Data for Figure 7)
Age Some of the time Most, almost all or all of the time
16 to 24 19% 3%
25 to 34 17% 4%
35 to 44 16% 5%
45 to 59 14% 4%
60 to 74 14% 3%
75 and over 21% 5%
Table 10: Percentage of adults who agree local people take action to improve the neighbourhood, that people from different backgrounds get on well together, and that people are kind to each other, 2019 to 2024, Scotland (Data for Figure 8)
Statement 2019 2022 2023 2024
Neighbourhood kindness 83% 87% 85% 83%
People from different backgrounds get on well together 69% 74% 74% 70%
Local people take action to help improve the neighbourhood 57% 64% 62% 59%

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