Best places to live UK Survey

Submitted by Robert-Huxford on Sun, 25/12/2011 - 10:29am

Scotland - Orkney leads East Renfrewshire, Orkney, Aberdeen, East Lothian, East Dunbartonshire, Moray, the Borders and Perth and Kinross. - Bank of Scotland Quality of Life Survey

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-16318940

England - Harts is first in a Halifax Survey.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-16324562

 

Criteria used are:

Labour

  • employment rate:
  • gross weekly Earnings

Housing

  • average number of rooms in house
  • % of houses with central heating:

Urban environment

  • Population density per sqr km:
  • traffic flows per square km:
  • burglary rate per 10,000 population:
  • % of vacant properties

Environment

  • Total Consumer CO2 Emissions:
  • average annual rainfall:
  • average weekly sunshine hours:

Health

  • % of residents in good health:
  • life expectancy at birth for males:

Education

  • average number of pupils in primary school class
  • % of 15yr olds with 5 or more GCSEs A-C grade: