happiness, as has been newly revealed.
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| One of the Bromley homes we're currently selling - here |
Recently, an Office of National Statistics (ONS) report showed that the wellbeing of people living in Bromley is above the national average and indeed much of the rest of London.
The Personal Well-Being Across the UK report - here - revealed some interesting facts. Bromley came out rather well. The detailed tables which can be accessed in the report are, perhaps unsurprisingly, somewhat detailed and complex. However, here are a few highlights, courtesy of an article in the Bromley News Shopper which ran a story about the report titled "Satisfied with your lot in life?" on 30th October 2013.
Life satisfaction
UK - 7.41
London - 7.25
Kent - 7.51
Bromley - 7.54
Happiness
UK - 7.28
London - 7.19
Kent - 7.37
Bromley - 7.53
Worthwhile
UK - 7.66
London - 7.51
Kent - 7.81
Bromley - 7.90
Anxiety
UK - 3.14
London - 3.43
Kent - 3.03
Bromley - 3.21 (well, no one's perfect)
What can we conclude? If you're already living in Bromley, you might want to stay put. It's nice here. If you're in a less happy place, consider moving here (with help from Edward Ashdale!). Of course, the statistics may not be reliable and certainly don't apply to everyone, but it is still good that one of our offices is based somewhere that does get some satisfaction.
Key points of the over all report:
- Personal well-being improved in the UK between 2011/12 and 2012/13. Ratings for life satisfaction and the feeling that the things we do in life are worthwhile increased on average, whilst anxiety levels fell.
- The proportions rating their personal well-being as very high or very low fell between 2011/12 and 2012/13 in the UK, while the proportion rating their well-being around 7 or 8 out of 10 increased.
- Among the countries of the UK, Northern Ireland had the highest average ratings for life satisfaction, worthwhile and happiness in 2012/13. A greater proportion of people in Northern Ireland rated their life satisfaction, worthwhile and happiness as very high (9 or 10 out of 10) than in any other country.
- Among the English regions, the South West and the South East had some of the highest levels of average life satisfaction and worthwhile ratings in 2012/13. The South West also had proportionately more people than any other region rating life satisfaction, worthwhile and happiness as 9 or 10 out of 10.
- The relationship between personal well-being and local circumstances is complex and the reasons why different areas of the UK have different levels of personal well-being is not yet fully understood. ONS plan to publish further analysis later this year looking in detail at how different aspects of where we live contribute to personal well-being.
