I've just been flicking through the brand new Quality of Life report from the Council. This is an annual survey of around 5,000 people that seeks to measure how they feel about the city and the neighbourhood they live in. It's a fascinating insight into what Bristolians thinks and gives the Council and councillors useful information about where things are going right or going wrong. You have have a browse through using the window below or download the full document.
I'm pleased to see that Cotham is continuing to be one of the most popular places to live in the city, with 96% of people locally saying that they are satisfied. Cotham comes our near the top in lots of measures and at the complete top for satisfaction with parks and involvement in cultural activities - we're a cosmopolitan lot, apparently!
On the less good side, satisfaction with the bus services locally is relatively poor in citywide terms. I'm also interested, and a little surprised, to see that people in Cotham are only middling in terms of feeling that they can influence local decisions. Hopefully the Neighbourhood Partnership will help to address this now that it's finding its feet, but I'll need to give some more thought as to why we don't score so highly on this scale.
Looking further afield, there are some worrying findings. For example, 32% of people in Avonmouth feel that domestic violence is a private matter - I almost can't believe that's true in this day and age. Also, only 30% of Bristolians are very concerned about climate change, though this is quite a bit higher in Cotham (43%) and neighbouring areas.
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