Dundee remains ‘least happy place in Scotland’

DUNDEE is the least happy place in Scotland for the second year running.

New data from the Office for National Statistics well-being survey has shown the city at the bottom of the table in three of four key analysis measures —life satisfaction, how worthwhile people feel, happiness and anxiety.

Satisfaction with life in the city has remained static while it rose across the rest of Tayside and Fife.

Dundee stayed at a rating of 7.43 in 2015/16 compared with the same score the previous year and down from 7.57 in 2011/12.

All other areas improved with the Scottish average also going up from 7.66 and 7.68.

In terms of how worthwhile people feel, Dundee fared the worst in Scotland dropping from 7.52 to 7.49 year on year.

Fife also saw a decrease from 7.81 to 7.76 and Angus dropped from 7.94 to 7.66. Perth and Kinross saw a drop from 7.94 to 7.92.

Along with Falkirk, Dundee was jointly least happy scoring 7.19 — an improvement from 7.08 the year before. Perth and Kinross scored 7.60 down from 7.68. In Fife happiness levels have steadily shot up from 7.18 in 2011/12 to 7.39 in both 2014/15 and 2015/16.

Angus saw a year-on-year drop from 7.61 to 7.46.

Anxiety in Fife went from 2.89 in 2014/15 to 2.92 while Dundee saw a spike from 2.76 to 2.85.

In Perth and Kinross there was a decrease from 3.04 to 2.81 over the five years and it seems Angus is the least anxious place in Tayside and Fife, going from 2.67 to 2.41 over that time.

Aerial view of Dundee.