Overall, how happy did you feel yesterday?
Scored using a scale of 0 to 10 where 0 means not at all and 10 means completely.
Happiness
Summary
- Just under a fifth of residents gave the top two scores of 9 or 10 for how happy they felt yesterday (19%).
- Broadly speaking happiness increases with each age group.
- Males were happier and far more likely to give a score of eight. Higher proportions of females gave a score of five or less.
- Households with no children were happier than those with children.
Total sample
Base 1,903
This chart shows that just under a fifth of residents gave the top two scores of 9 or 10 for how happy they felt yesterday (19%).
Age
Base 1,871
This chart shows that broadly speaking, happiness increases with age; 11% of 25-34 year olds gave a score of 9 or 10 for how happy they felt yesterday whereas 31% of 65+ gave the same scores.
Gender
Base 1,829
This chart shows that males were happier yesterday; 49% of them gave a score of 8, 9 or 10 compared to 37% of females giving the same scores.
Household composition
Base 1,877
This chart shows us that household with no children were happier yesterday; 45% of them gave a score of 8, 9 or 10 compared to 36% of households with children giving the same scores.
