Feeling some additional pressure recently? You might just be a product of your environment. We’ve looked at 16 stress-inducing factors across the country – such as finances, commute time, job opportunities and crime rates – to find the least and most-stressed towns and cities in the UK:
www.totallymoney.com/most-stressed-cities-uk/
The interactive page includes stats and insights for each town and city. In addition to this please find some key points below:
- London ranks as the UK’s most stressed city. A result of the longest average commute times from the UK’s most expensive homes to jobs which require the most overtime;
- Doncaster is the least stressed place in the country, thanks to an enormous sense of wellbeing. In addition to this, Doncaster has the highest job growth, the third lowest cost of living and comparatively affordable housing;
- Dundee is Scotland’s most stressed city, and the 4th most stressed in Britain. With the second lowest average credit edibility scores, Dundee is also the UK’s fifth highest-ranking city for unemployment benefits claimants;
- With 0% job growth and the third lowest average credit eligibility scores Newport ranks as Wales’s most stressed city and 12th in the UK, ahead of Swansea (29th) and Cardiff (46th);
- Birmingham, the UK’s second largest city also ranks as the second most stressed. With job growth of just 0.2% and some of the highest unemployment levels, those who can find work should expect to put in an average of 9 hours overtime per week.
Joe Gardiner, Head of Brand and Communications at TotallyMoney.com, said of the findings: “Poor access to credit and financial troubles are a big contributor when it comes to stress. “We hope this research will help shine a light on the areas in which people can take control and reduce their stress levels.” Here are the full rankings from the research, showing the most to least-stressed places to live in the UK:
| Rank | City | Rank | City | Rank | City | Rank | City |
| 1st | London | 14th | Coventry | 27th | Leeds | 40th | Portsmouth |
| 2nd | Birmingham | 15th | Glasgow | 28th | Blackburn | 41st | Telford |
| 3rd | Ipswich | 16th | Aberdeen | 29th | Swansea | 42nd | Bristol |
| 4th | Dundee | 17th | Bolton | 30th | Northampton | 43rd | Warrington |
| 5th | Worthing | 18th | Cambridge | 31st | Bournemouth | 44th | Reading |
| 6th | Manchester | 19th | Brighton | 32nd | Southampton | 45th | Swindon |
| 7th | Liverpool | 20th | Edinburgh | 33rd | Gloucester | 46th | Cardiff |
| 8th | Newcastle | 21st | Preston | 34th | Bradford | 47th | Leicester |
| 9th | Luton | 22nd | Stoke | 35th | Peterborough | 48th | Wigan |
| 10th | Slough | 23rd | Plymouth | 36th | Exeter | 49th | Milton Keynes |
| 11th | Sunderland | 24th | Norwich | 37th | Burnley | 50th | Oxford |
| 12th | Newport | 25th | Sheffield | 38th | Crawley | 51st | York |
| 13th | Derby | 26th | Middlesbrough | 39th | Nottingham | 52nd | Doncaster |
To compile this data TotallyMoney.com used the following sources: Job Market (weighting: 20%)
- Job growth: Nomis
- Overtime: TotallyMoney.com’s 2017 Overtime Survey
- Unemployment: CentreForCities.org
Commute (weighting: 20%)
- Commute time: TUC.org.uk
- Commute method: CentreForCities.org
Finances (weighting: 20%)
- Average house price: Zoopla
- Cost of living index: Numbeo data (made up of: average meal for two/average monthly travel/average fitness club membership/average cinema ticket)
- Credit Eligibility Score: TotallyMoney.com eligibility scores of over 300k UK residents
Wellbeing (weighting: 20%)
Demographics (weighting: 20%)
- Population density: ONS
- Crime: CrimeRates
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