Percentage of respondents reporting positive perceived relative position by personal characteristics
| Sample breakdown | Home desired by others | House/flat better than others | Local people think highly of neighbourhood | Neighbourhood does not have a bad reputation | Some local people have much higher incomes | Quality of life high compared with others | |
| Gender | |||||||
| Male | 1967 (42.6) | 60.2 | 20.7 | 49.4 | 23.7 | 11.0 | 26.4 |
| Female | 2648 (57.4) | 60.3 | 23.2 | 50.9 | 23.2 | 10.1 | 27.8 |
| Age, years | |||||||
| 16–39 | 1687 (36.6) | 50.9 | 20.2 | 42.4 | 18.1 | 13.0 | 20.8 |
| 40–64 | 1885 (40.9) | 61.7 | 22.4 | 51.1 | 22.9 | 9.7 | 26.3 |
| 65+ | 1043 (22.6) | 72.9 | 24.8 | 61.7 | 32.8 | 7.9 | 39.0 |
| Citizenship | |||||||
| British | 3597 (77.9) | 64.7 | 23.6 | 55.0 | 24.6 | 10.9 | 29.8 |
| Non-British | 1018 (22.1) | 44.5 | 16.3 | 33.8 | 19.3 | 8.6 | 17.3 |
| Household structure | |||||||
| Adult-only household | 2173 (47.1) | 60.8 | 22.5 | 48.8 | 22.0 | 11.0 | 25.7 |
| Single-parent family | 799 (17.3) | 50.7 | 19.9 | 43.7 | 17.5 | 10.3 | 18.2 |
| Two-parent family | 655 (14.2) | 53.2 | 20.6 | 47.1 | 21.5 | 12.7 | 25.5 |
| Older person(s) household | 988 (21.4) | 71.5 | 24.1 | 61.3 | 32.4 | 7.9 | 38.8 |
| Educational qualification | |||||||
| No qualifications | 2659 (57.6) | 61.4 | 21.5 | 51.9 | 25.5 | 10.6 | 28.5 |
| School level | 878 (19.0) | 58.6 | 20.7 | 48.8 | 20.1 | 11.7 | 24.6 |
| Post-school | 1078 (23.4) | 59.0 | 25.0 | 47.5 | 21.0 | 9.4 | 26.2 |
| Self-rated health | |||||||
| Fair/poor | 1425 (30.9) | 59.9 | 19.1 | 50.4 | 24.0 | 7.5 | 23.9 |
| Good, v good, excellent | 3190 (69.1) | 60.5 | 23.5 | 50.2 | 23.1 | 11.7 | 28.7 |
| Illness | |||||||
| No long-term illness | 3219 (69.8) | 59.4 | 23.5 | 49.0 | 22.4 | 11.7 | 26.5 |
| Long-standing illness | 1396 (30.3) | 62.3 | 19.1 | 53.4 | 25.6 | 7.6 | 28.8 |
| Employment | |||||||
| Not working | 1928 (41.8) | 51.1 | 18.4 | 42.8 | 20.0 | 9.6 | 20.8 |
| Working | 1420 (30.8) | 61.9 | 24.4 | 50.7 | 20.5 | 12.8 | 26.6 |
| Retired | 1267 (27.5) | 72.3 | 25.1 | 61.4 | 31.8 | 9.0 | 37.5 |
| Housing tenure | |||||||
| Rented housing | 3831 (83.0) | 56.6 | 20.6 | 46.6 | 21.7 | 10.0 | 24.5 |
| Owner occupied | 784 (17.0) | 77.9 | 29.1 | 68.4 | 31.6 | 12.7 | 40.1 |
| Dwelling type | |||||||
| High-rise flat | 2081 (45.1) | 48.0 | 18.1 | 39.0 | 22.4 | 7.9 | 21.4 |
| Low-rise flat | 992 (21.5) | 59.7 | 26.0 | 49.5 | 19.7 | 14.6 | 25.0 |
| 4-in-a-block flat | 688 (14.9) | 71.0 | 21.9 | 61.9 | 29.1 | 9.5 | 33.7 |
| House | 854 (18.5) | 82.1 | 27.1 | 69.5 | 25.6 | 12.0 | 38.0 |
| Economic difficulties | |||||||
| No difficulty with bills | 3941 (85.4) | 61.2 | 21.4 | 51.0 | 24.1 | 10.4 | 28.7 |
| Difficulty with 1+ bills | 674 (14.6) | 54.9 | 26.7 | 46.3 | 19.4 | 11.1 | 18.4 |