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Happiest and saddest places to live in the UK

Official ONS personal well-being scores (0–10) for every council area in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Towns and cities are shown as their council area. Where ONS marks an estimate unreliable or does not publish it, the area shows "Not published" and is not ranked.

Source: ONS · Personal well-being estimates by local authority (Annual Population Survey), released 2023-11-28 · Period: April 2022 to March 2023 · Next release: not yet announced by ONS

Top 10 happiest

  1. 1.Shetland Islands · Scotland8.22
  2. 2.Na h-Eileanan Siar · Scotland8.12
  3. 3.North Kesteven · England8.09
  4. 4.Malvern Hills · England8.06
  5. 5.Pendle · England8.06
  6. 6.Torridge · England8.05
  7. 7.Cannock Chase · England8.04
  8. 8.Newham · England8.00
  9. 9.Mid Sussex · England7.96
  10. 10.Mid Ulster · Northern Ireland7.95

Top 10 saddest (lowest happiness)

  1. 1.Adur · England6.16
  2. 2.Hastings · England6.56
  3. 3.Eastbourne · England6.57
  4. 4.Lincoln · England6.57
  5. 5.Ashfield · England6.82
  6. 6.Waltham Forest · England6.82
  7. 7.Manchester · England6.85
  8. 8.Tower Hamlets · England6.87
  9. 9.Gedling · England6.88
  10. 10.Hertsmere · England6.90

Every area

#Area
1Shetland Islands · Scotland7.938.227.972.04
2Na h-Eileanan Siar · Scotland8.248.128.272.33
3North Kesteven · England7.798.097.992.29
4Malvern Hills · England7.908.068.212.50
5Pendle · England7.958.068.262.60
6Torridge · England7.718.058.162.28
7Cannock Chase · England7.958.048.282.23
8Newham · England7.918.008.081.86
9Mid Sussex · England8.147.968.122.84
10Mid Ulster · Northern Ireland8.047.958.351.95
11Highland · Scotland7.877.938.102.72
12Carlisle · England7.977.908.153.21
13Ryedale · England7.547.897.902.66
14Sevenoaks · England7.737.898.082.71
15Surrey Heath · England8.037.897.803.34
16Mid and East Antrim · Northern Ireland7.757.888.152.81
17West Oxfordshire · England7.947.878.093.19
18East Suffolk · England7.787.868.112.76
19Welwyn Hatfield · England7.957.858.303.14
20North East Lincolnshire · England7.717.828.022.94
21Babergh · England7.687.818.102.79
22Woking · England8.217.807.892.76
23Chelmsford · England7.557.797.662.76
24Folkestone and Hythe · England8.087.797.802.66
25Preston · England7.387.797.373.22
26Brentwood · England7.897.788.123.16
27Lancaster · England7.637.787.763.59
28East Cambridgeshire · England8.047.778.252.25
29Havant · England7.617.777.932.68
30Newry, Mourne and Down · Northern Ireland7.707.778.122.49
31Tamworth · England7.617.777.803.08
32East Renfrewshire · Scotland7.737.757.873.30
33Swale · England7.427.757.662.81
34Eden · England8.067.748.152.94
35Mole Valley · England8.057.748.463.25
36Argyll and Bute · Scotland7.757.737.992.62
37Cheltenham · England7.417.737.733.17
38East Devon · England7.797.737.843.17
39East Staffordshire · England7.627.737.913.15
40Bridgend · Wales7.497.727.783.13
41Fermanagh and Omagh · Northern Ireland7.737.728.032.33
42Broadland · England7.857.717.972.27
43Dacorum · England7.607.717.922.87
44Great Yarmouth · England7.547.718.162.86
45Mid Suffolk · England7.957.718.042.73
46Plymouth · England7.457.717.723.23
47Wyre Forest · England7.607.718.083.25
48Rutland · England7.747.708.223.03
49Scarborough · England7.937.708.182.86
50Hillingdon · England7.567.697.823.00
51Thanet · England7.617.697.862.50
52Lisburn and Castlereagh · Northern Ireland7.677.687.992.66
53Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon · Northern Ireland7.797.678.102.85
54Bracknell Forest · England7.557.677.743.41
55Gosport · England7.687.677.863.26
56South Derbyshire · England7.907.677.912.72
57Ards and North Down · Northern Ireland7.787.668.003.05
58East Lindsey · England7.537.667.952.42
59Hammersmith and Fulham · England7.517.667.823.34
60Shropshire · England7.757.668.072.70
61Bromsgrove · England7.387.657.683.59
62Copeland · England8.237.658.342.91
63Melton · England7.627.658.333.16
64South Norfolk · England7.527.657.863.35
65Dartford · England7.537.648.332.88
66Fareham · England7.737.647.952.75
67Herefordshire, County of · England7.647.647.832.93
68Luton · England7.307.647.952.64
69Monmouthshire · Wales7.637.647.983.23
70South Staffordshire · England8.117.648.463.50
71Arun · England7.577.638.123.33
72Dorset · England7.617.637.882.87
73Dumfries and Galloway · Scotland7.667.637.813.68
74East Dunbartonshire · Scotland7.687.638.022.80
75Redbridge · England7.597.637.893.09
76South Lakeland · England7.797.637.993.37
77Waverley · England7.887.638.172.94
78Wealden · England7.647.638.053.31
79North Warwickshire · England7.647.627.852.84
80Selby · England7.557.628.002.89
81South Holland · England7.747.627.952.47
82Stratford-on-Avon · England7.687.627.773.28
83Bolton · England7.467.617.923.42
84Causeway Coast and Glens · Northern Ireland7.747.618.113.11
85Fylde · England7.837.617.842.47
86North East Derbyshire · England7.227.617.813.29
87Harrow · England7.557.607.963.50
88North Somerset · England7.627.607.892.89
89Solihull · England7.607.607.803.02
90South Kesteven · England7.587.608.072.98
91St Albans · England7.977.608.023.03
92Aberdeenshire · Scotland7.777.597.903.05
93Bedford · England7.467.597.713.35
94Chichester · England7.187.597.873.10
95Doncaster · England7.497.597.943.48
96Harrogate · England7.707.597.703.01
97Mendip · England7.167.597.863.08
98North Hertfordshire · England7.617.597.823.36
99Ribble Valley · England7.937.597.823.14
100Amber Valley · England7.527.587.893.04
101Castle Point · England7.857.588.303.10
102Epping Forest · England7.607.588.123.51
103High Peak · England7.897.588.312.54
104Vale of White Horse · England7.737.587.953.31
105Ashford · England7.317.578.043.53
106Braintree · England7.337.577.713.15
107Fenland · England7.227.577.703.43
108Hartlepool · England7.297.577.753.48
109Maidstone · England7.927.578.003.01
110Stirling · Scotland7.567.577.823.24
111Tonbridge and Malling · England7.507.577.933.04
112Cheshire East · England7.657.567.823.27
113Colchester · England7.787.567.733.24
114Inverclyde · Scotland7.517.567.743.09
115North Devon · England7.447.567.673.77
116Northumberland · England7.687.567.952.69
117Oxford · England7.807.568.033.01
118Newark and Sherwood · England7.627.558.082.42
119North Lincolnshire · England7.667.557.942.98
120Pembrokeshire · Wales7.487.557.692.65
121Redditch · England7.467.557.824.13
122Cherwell · England7.577.547.842.71
123Havering · England7.477.547.953.18
124Oadby and Wigston · England7.307.547.702.89
125South Ayrshire · Scotland7.587.547.983.22
126Antrim and Newtownabbey · Northern Ireland7.637.537.743.45
127Isle of Wight · England7.427.537.683.19
128Angus · Scotland7.407.527.723.11
129Erewash · England7.307.527.593.09
130Sandwell · England7.417.527.752.82
131Telford and Wrekin · England7.497.527.832.81
132Cornwall · England7.537.517.702.89
133Gwynedd · Wales7.637.517.813.54
134South Ribble · England7.587.517.993.34
135Thurrock · England7.647.517.813.35
136West Lindsey · England7.817.518.082.91
137Bury · England7.497.507.893.43
138Lambeth · England7.637.507.753.45
139Somerset West and Taunton · England7.707.507.982.69
140South Somerset · England7.587.507.622.95
141West Lancashire · England7.467.507.962.89
142Worcester · England7.507.507.993.85
143Aberdeen City · Scotland7.357.497.653.42
144Cotswold · England7.537.497.803.20
145Dudley · England7.447.497.843.01
146Hounslow · England7.627.497.713.42
147New Forest · England7.817.497.912.97
148Redcar and Cleveland · England7.257.497.673.25
149Windsor and Maidenhead · England7.597.497.703.35
150Wolverhampton · England7.257.497.623.11
151Wyre · England7.787.498.023.01
152Barking and Dagenham · England7.487.487.902.98
153Merthyr Tydfil · Wales7.477.488.123.60
154Buckinghamshire · England7.637.477.843.26
155Lewes · England7.357.477.883.04
156North Tyneside · England7.517.477.753.31
157Test Valley · England7.907.477.913.14
158Hart · England7.457.467.613.14
159Coventry · England7.357.457.613.31
160Falkirk · Scotland7.627.457.883.28
161Halton · England7.497.457.793.35
162King's Lynn and West Norfolk · England7.567.457.553.31
163Powys · Wales7.437.457.772.96
164Rochdale · England7.157.457.633.17
165York · England7.577.457.683.45
166Lichfield · England7.497.447.642.79
167West Berkshire · England7.507.447.653.11
168West Northamptonshire · England7.597.447.822.96
169Basildon · England7.427.437.903.50
170Blaby · England7.257.437.733.45
171Blackburn with Darwen · England7.247.437.803.07
172Carmarthenshire · Wales7.457.437.713.21
173Harborough · England7.607.437.723.37
174South Lanarkshire · Scotland7.397.437.743.27
175South Oxfordshire · England7.817.437.873.21
176Swindon · England7.437.437.713.22
177Tunbridge Wells · England7.747.437.573.13
178Vale of Glamorgan · Wales7.507.437.683.43
179Greenwich · England7.487.427.743.39
180Guildford · England7.577.427.803.08
181Hinckley and Bosworth · England7.827.428.043.26
182North Ayrshire · Scotland7.347.427.643.54
183Reading · England7.437.427.753.22
184Sefton · England7.427.427.723.19
185Wokingham · England7.577.427.733.11
186East Hampshire · England7.587.417.903.49
187Enfield · England7.417.417.802.33
188Gravesham · England7.487.418.143.05
189Sutton · England7.467.417.793.47
190Flintshire · Wales7.317.407.662.87
191Horsham · England7.597.407.792.48
192Mansfield · England7.187.408.002.65
193Milton Keynes · England7.517.407.703.80
194Slough · England7.257.407.643.28
195West Suffolk · England7.547.407.633.59
196Bexley · England7.297.397.653.08
197Derbyshire Dales · England7.687.398.143.75
198Merton · England7.477.397.553.69
199Moray · Scotland7.447.397.592.65
200Rushcliffe · England7.677.398.013.24
201Torbay · England7.427.397.903.31
202Wrexham · Wales7.537.397.803.22
203Bassetlaw · England7.387.387.813.02
204Gloucester · England7.447.387.632.36
205Isle of Anglesey · Wales7.507.387.913.47
206Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · England7.577.377.733.10
207Caerphilly · Wales7.347.377.853.51
208Canterbury · England7.467.377.603.32
209County Durham · England7.567.377.633.13
210East Ayrshire · Scotland7.307.377.563.39
211Midlothian · Scotland7.467.377.872.67
212Portsmouth · England7.387.377.743.38
213Tewkesbury · England7.627.377.702.84
214Gateshead · England7.357.367.693.41
215South Gloucestershire · England7.657.367.833.14
216Spelthorne · England7.207.366.615.16
217Tameside · England7.327.367.743.20
218Bromley · England7.337.357.553.38
219Wandsworth · England7.457.357.403.44
220Wiltshire · England7.447.357.703.51
221Broxtowe · England7.257.347.283.39
222Ceredigion · Wales7.327.347.633.28
223Dover · England7.187.347.583.66
224Exeter · England7.367.348.103.32
225Liverpool · England7.107.347.593.28
226Scottish Borders · Scotland7.587.347.912.86
227Swansea · Wales7.477.347.573.46
228Hyndburn · England6.897.337.363.99
229North Lanarkshire · Scotland7.387.337.513.22
230Perth and Kinross · Scotland7.567.337.913.02
231Sheffield · England7.287.337.623.28
232Sunderland · England7.307.337.723.40
233Basingstoke and Deane · England7.267.327.623.38
234Conwy · Wales7.337.327.683.36
235Kingston upon Hull, City of · England7.387.327.733.51
236Neath Port Talbot · Wales7.357.327.683.58
237Stoke-on-Trent · England7.167.327.593.39
238Warrington · England7.457.327.693.18
239Blackpool · England7.497.317.643.50
240Oldham · England7.217.317.573.35
241Southend-on-Sea · England7.367.317.773.24
242Denbighshire · Wales7.557.307.632.85
243East Riding of Yorkshire · England7.407.307.693.26
244Huntingdonshire · England7.547.307.582.88
245Sedgemoor · England7.497.307.723.44
246Torfaen · Wales7.377.307.723.13
247Wigan · England7.597.307.782.99
248Barnsley · England7.377.297.543.17
249Cheshire West and Chester · England7.447.297.663.09
250Chesterfield · England7.497.297.332.91
251Eastleigh · England7.827.297.723.46
252Medway · England7.297.297.803.29
253Rother · England7.537.297.903.35
254South Tyneside · England7.287.297.533.30
255Stockton-on-Tees · England7.337.297.623.23
256Uttlesford · England7.147.297.463.53
257Walsall · England7.357.297.873.36
258Camden · England7.297.287.463.37
259Central Bedfordshire · England7.327.287.753.21
260Derby · England7.367.287.653.57
261Derry City and Strabane · Northern Ireland7.377.287.793.44
262Leeds · England7.467.287.683.15
263Newcastle upon Tyne · England7.507.287.563.18
264Rochford · England7.427.287.503.34
265Rugby · England7.487.287.783.04
266Staffordshire Moorlands · England7.457.287.613.38
267Trafford · England7.467.287.713.55
268Brent · England7.097.277.313.82
269Lewisham · England7.487.277.593.58
270Newcastle-under-Lyme · England7.557.278.003.58
271Stockport · England7.537.277.753.65
272Rotherham · England7.377.267.743.53
273City of Edinburgh · Scotland7.697.257.883.55
274Ealing · England7.287.257.483.64
275Elmbridge · England7.597.257.632.97
276Kingston upon Thames · England7.587.257.523.62
277Mid Devon · England7.547.257.723.08
278Renfrewshire · Scotland7.337.257.703.26
279West Lothian · Scotland7.387.257.463.59
280Wirral · England7.327.257.623.34
281Barrow-in-Furness · England7.357.247.643.84
282Bradford · England7.207.247.643.42
283Knowsley · England7.217.247.493.49
284Leicester · England7.367.247.593.21
285Nottingham · England7.247.247.493.45
286Tandridge · England7.407.247.693.11
287Wychavon · England7.247.247.813.25
288Clackmannanshire · Scotland7.427.237.733.40
289East Hertfordshire · England7.457.237.773.58
290Kensington and Chelsea · England7.247.237.683.48
291West Dunbartonshire · Scotland7.257.237.682.89
292Blaenau Gwent · Wales7.327.227.753.61
293Craven · England6.987.227.593.62
294Kirklees · England7.277.227.733.48
295Rhondda Cynon Taf · Wales7.397.227.833.35
296Salford · England7.377.227.693.50
297Broxbourne · England7.567.217.754.30
298East Lothian · Scotland7.437.217.742.68
299Ipswich · England7.627.217.933.09
300North Norfolk · England7.677.218.053.36
301Richmond upon Thames · England7.337.217.673.67
302Stevenage · England7.427.218.053.41
303Bath and North East Somerset · England7.387.207.663.59
304Bristol, City of · England7.317.207.333.44
305Islington · England7.257.207.313.80
306Winchester · England7.727.207.973.43
307Breckland · England7.757.197.993.05
308Birmingham · England7.247.187.653.43
309Chorley · England7.377.177.782.58
310Darlington · England7.327.177.633.38
311Fife · Scotland7.317.177.723.36
312Haringey · England6.977.177.233.27
313Teignbridge · England7.467.177.563.30
314Wakefield · England7.397.177.683.35
315Warwick · England7.537.167.623.42
316Glasgow City · Scotland7.247.147.413.29
317Peterborough · England7.257.147.503.61
318Newport · Wales7.277.137.473.22
319Southwark · England7.237.127.403.82
320Calderdale · England7.287.117.583.57
321Croydon · England6.977.117.643.95
322Cardiff · Wales7.157.107.333.55
323Belfast · Northern Ireland7.217.097.433.31
324North Northamptonshire · England7.237.097.543.07
325Rossendale · England7.457.097.914.13
326South Cambridgeshire · England7.417.097.983.39
327Stroud · England7.467.097.703.31
328Stafford · England7.207.087.494.05
329Norwich · England7.307.077.624.37
330Reigate and Banstead · England7.417.078.033.47
331Southampton · England7.237.077.543.81
332St. Helens · England7.267.077.723.45
333Tendring · England7.347.067.513.45
334Bolsover · England7.427.057.703.17
335Hackney · England7.147.057.353.37
336Middlesbrough · England7.357.057.643.07
337Crawley · England7.597.048.163.73
338Dundee City · Scotland7.407.047.693.63
339Three Rivers · England6.847.046.953.35
340Brighton and Hove · England7.397.037.673.31
341Hambleton · England7.227.037.483.25
342Cambridge · England6.467.027.412.99
343Forest of Dean · England7.167.027.874.13
344Worthing · England6.977.027.204.27
345Nuneaton and Bedworth · England6.757.017.122.87
346Westminster · England7.007.017.253.73
347North West Leicestershire · England7.106.987.524.35
348Rushmoor · England6.716.987.224.33
349Charnwood · England7.206.977.513.31
350Allerdale · England7.186.957.473.65
351Barnet · England6.956.957.443.33
352Watford · England7.116.937.493.29
353Hertsmere · England7.466.907.693.01
354South Hams · England7.116.907.143.61
355Gedling · England7.336.887.522.78
356Tower Hamlets · England7.326.877.303.26
357Manchester · England6.976.857.293.73
358Ashfield · England7.006.826.852.70
359Waltham Forest · England7.166.827.503.36
360Eastbourne · England6.686.577.223.76
361Lincoln · England6.706.577.223.11
362Hastings · England6.936.567.264.17
363Adur · England7.576.167.954.84
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Republic of Ireland: no comparable official score for each area is published (CSO) — No live feed. Councils merged after ONS's survey period appear without scores until ONS publishes for them.