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Legacy Equality Statistics – Sustainable Theme
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SUSTAINABLE
Sources: Scottish Household Survey (2013) and Scottish Crime and Justice Survey (2012/13)
AGE
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In 2013, the number of people who think their neighbourhood has got much or a little better in
the last 3 years decreases with age. There were 17% of 16-24 year-olds reporting that they
thought their local area had gotten better, compared to 14% of those aged 60-74 and 12% of
over 75s.
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Conversely, the number of people who rate their neighbourhood as a good place to live
increases with age. There were 92% of 16-24 years olds and 94% of 35-34 year olds rated
their neighbourhood as a good place to live. This figure increased to 96% for 60-74 year-olds
and was 97% for the over 75s.
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The percentage of adults reporting satisfaction with community centres and facilities was
broadly similar between all age groups, although lower satisfaction levels were reported in
younger and older age groups, which varied between 27% for over 75s, to 33% for both
groups of 16-24 year olds and 45 to 59 year olds. The highest satisfaction levels were found
amongst those aged 35 to 44, at 38%.
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The proportion of adults who reported feeling very or fairly safe walking alone in the dark in
their local area in 2012/13 was around 75% for all age ranges except among over 60s, where
this fell to 61%.
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The perception of whether crime rate stayed the same or reduced in 2012/13 was similar
among all adults aged 25 or over at between 75 and 76%. At 80%, adults aged 16-24
reported the highest perception of an improved crime rate.
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Perception of respondents being able to influence decisions in their local area in 2013 was very
similar for all age groups (20-25%), excluding the 75+ group, where only 15% of people felt
they were able to influence decisions.
GENDER
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In 2013, the percentage of adults who think their neighbourhood got much or a little better in
the last 3 years was slightly higher for men than women (15% compared to 14%). Fewer men
rated their neighbourhood as a good place to live (94%) than women (95%).
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When people were asked to rate their satisfaction with community centres and facilities, 30%
of men reported being very or fairly satisfied with these facilities while 35% of women said
that they were very or fairly satisfied.
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The percentage of men who felt safe walking alone in the dark in their local area in 2012/13
was 85%. The same measure for women was considerably lower at 60%.
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In 2012/13, more men than women perceived the crime rate to have reduced or stayed the
same in their area, with 78% of men believing this to be the case against 73% of women.
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More women than men thought that they could influence decisions in their local area in 2013,
with 23% of women strongly agreeing, or tending to agree, that they could do so. The figure
for men was 21%.
ETHNICITY AND RELIGION
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Results on ethnicity or religion should be treated with caution due to sample sizes.
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In 2013, people from the white ethnic group reported higher levels of satisfaction with their
community centres and facilities. People from the white ethnic group were less likely than
those from other ethnic groups to think their neighbourhood had got better in the last 3 years.
The white ethnic group rated their local area as a good place to live more than those from
other ethnic groups. The white ethnic group also tended to agree less than other ethnic groups
that they could influence decisions made in their local area.
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In 2013, those in a minority religious group in Scotland reported the highest level of adults
who thought their neighbourhood had improved in the last 3 years. This group reported the
lowest percentage of people rating their area as a good place to live. Christians reported the
highest level of satisfaction with community centres and facilities and agreed most they were
able to influence decisions affecting their local area.
DEPRIVATION1
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Perception of neighbourhood improvement in 2013 is highest among the 20% most deprived
population in Scotland by SIMD ranking, with 22% of this deprivation group reporting that
their neighbourhood had improved in the last 3 years compared to 12% of the 20% least
deprived population.
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In 2013, 82% of the 20% most deprived population in Scotland rated their neighbourhood as a
good place to live compared to almost 100% of those among the 20% least deprived.
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In 2012/13, the proportion of people feeling very or fairly safe walking alone in the dark in
their local area was 57% among the 15% most deprived adults, compared to 75% for the rest
of adults.
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The percentage of people who perceived the crime rate to have reduced or stayed the same in
2012/13 was 72% among the 15% most deprived adults, and 76% among the rest of the
adult population.
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In 2013, satisfaction with community centres and facilities, tended to increase as deprivation
decreased. The 20% most deprived agreed less (at 21%) that they can influence decisions
affecting their local areas. The figure was highest among those in the 20% least deprived
population, at 24%.
DISABILITY
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In 2013, the percentage of adults who thought that their neighbourhood had got better in the
last 3 years was relatively similar (15-16%) for all the categories of disability, including those
with none.
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More people with a disability thought that their neighbourhood was a good place to live than
those reporting no disability (94% of people with a disability compared to 95% of people
without a disability).
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Of those people with a disability in 2013, 27% reported satisfaction with community centres
and facilities, compared to 34% of people with no disability.
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Almost a fifth (19%) of people with a disability in 2013 agreed that they could influence
decisions affecting their local area, compared to 23% of people with no disability.
These figures refer to the 20% most and least deprived areas, according to the 2012 Scottish
Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD)
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