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The UK’s Most Stressful Places to Live
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 About TotallyMoney
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