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Neighbourhood belonging
Part of the Trust and Wellbeing domain. Share of adults who feel they belong strongly to their immediate neighbourhood, England.
Latest data
Latest reading
2024/25
A lower reading is treated as worse for this indicator.
Score composition
Stress score
Blended from three components: (60% weight), trend (30% weight) and volatility (10% weight). Full formula on the methodology page.
Level · 60% weight
Bounds: scored against fixed best/worst limits, used until a metric has about eight years of verified data to rank against.
Trend · 30% weight
Measured from the direction and size of the change between the two most recent readings.
Volatility · 10% weight
34Measured from how much this indicator has swung period on period across its recorded history.
Data confidence and provenance
Confidence and source
How much weight to put on the reading, the mean data-confidence across the component metrics (source quality, recency and completeness).
Source
Community Life Survey
- Update frequency
- Annual
- Reliability
- medium
Provenance
- Provider
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Series ID
- dcms_community_life
- Frequency
- Annual
- Accessed
- 14 June 2026
Known weakness
England; the Community Life Survey has a 2016-2020 gap in published tables and a 2020/21 collection-mode change.
Notes
Verified official value from Department for Culture, Media and Sport (dcms_community_life), accessed 2026-06-14.
Historical values
History
| Period | Value | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 58 | |
| 2015 | 59 | |
| 2016 | 60 | |
| 2021 | 65 | |
| 2022 | 63 | |
| 2024 | 61 | |
| 2025 | 62 |