Scotland's chief statistician today published headline results from the 2007 Scottish Household Survey.

The survey's results include a finding that 93% of adults rate their neighbourhood as a very or fairly good place to live. This includes 27% of adults in the most deprived quintile who rated their neighbourhood as 'very good' compared with 75% of those in the least deprived quintile.

The survey also finds that 21% of households have an annual net household income of less than £10,000, while 52% of households say they manage their finances very or quite well, which included 69% of households in the least deprived areas, compared to 36% in the most deprived.


The percentage of adults travelling to work by car has increased from 67% in 2006 to 69% in 2007. This measurement is the basis of the Government's national performance indicator on journeys to work by public or active transport. Seven out of ten households have a car available for private use, including 42% in the lowest earning households and 98% in the highest.

For the first time data was collected on satisfaction with local services, to form the basis of the Government's national performance indicator on perceptions of public services. 58% of adults are satisfied with local health services, local schools and public transport. Broken down by sector, 82% of adults are very or fairly satisfied with local health services, 79% very or fairly satisfied with local schools and 70% very or fairly satisfied with public transport, while 84% of households use recycling facilities. Less than half of adults, 41%, agree that their council provides high quality services, with older people were more likely to agree than younger people.

57% of Scottish households have access to the internet, which includes 66% in remote rural areas compared to 54% in large urban areas.

(GK/JM)