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TwitterThe Community Life Survey is a nationally representative annual survey of adults (16+) in England that tracks the latest trends and developments across areas that are key to encouraging social action and empowering communities. Data collection on the Community Life Survey commenced in 2012/13 using a face-to-face format. During the survey years from 2013/14 to 2015/16 a push-to-web format was tested, which included collecting online/paper data alongside the face-to-face data, before moving fully to a push-to-web format in 2016/17. The results included in this release are based on online/paper completes only, covering the ten survey years from 2013/14, when this method was first tested, to 2023/24.
In 2023/24, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Life Survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at the local authority level. This has enabled us to have the most granular data we have ever had. The questionnaire for 2023/24 has been developed collaboratively to adapt to the needs and interests of both DCMS and MHCLG, and there were some new questions and changes to existing questions, response options and definitions in the 23/24 survey.
In 2023/24 we collected data on the respondent’s sex and gender identity. Please note that patterns were identified in Census 2021 data that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the gender identity question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. https://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/2022-results/scotland-s-census-2022-quality-assurance-reports/quality-assurance-report-sexual-orientation-and-trans-status-or-history/">Analysis of Scotland’s census, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. More information can be found in the ONS https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/culturalidentity/sexuality/methodologies/sexualorientationandgenderidentityqualityinformationforcensus2021">sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report, and in the National Statistical https://blog.ons.gov.uk/2024/09/12/better-understanding-the-strengths-and-limitations-of-gender-identity-statistics/">blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics.
Fieldwork for 2023/24 was delivered over two quarters (October to December 2023 and January to March 2024) due to an extended period earlier in 2023/24 to develop and implement the boosted design. As such there are two quarterly publications in 2023/24, in addition to the annual publication.
This release is the second and final quarterly publication from the 2023/24 Community Life Survey, providing estimates reported during the period of January to March 2024. The quarterly releases contain headline findings only and do not contain geographical or demographic breakdowns – this detail is published through the 2023/24 annual publication.
Released: 4 December 2024
Period covered: January to March 2024
Geographic coverage: National level data for England
Next release date: Spring 2025
The pre-release access list above contains the ministers and officials who have received privileged early access to this release of Community Life Survey data. In line with best-practice, the list has been kept to a minimum and those given access for briefing purposes had a maximum of 24 hours. Details on the pre-release access arrangements for this dataset are available in the accompanying material.
Our statistical practice is regulated by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR). OSR sets the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the https://code.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/the-code/">Code of Practice for Statistics that all producers of official statistics should adhere to.
You are welcome to contact us directly with any comments about how we meet these standards by emailing evidence@dcms.gov.uk. Alternatively, you can contact OSR by emailing regulation@statistics.gov.uk or via the OSR website.
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TwitterThe Community Life Survey is a nationally representative annual survey of adults (16+) in England that tracks the latest trends and developments across areas that are key to encouraging social action and empowering communities. Data collection on the Community Life Survey commenced in 2012/13 using a face-to-face format. During the survey years from 2013/14 to 2015/16 a push-to-web format was tested, which included collecting online/paper data alongside the face-to-face data, before moving fully to a push-to-web format in 2016/17. The results included in this release are based on online/paper completes only, covering the ten survey years from 2013/14, when this method was first tested, to 2023/24.
In 2023/24, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Life Survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at the local authority level. This has enabled us to have the most granular data we have ever had. The questionnaire for 2023/24 has been developed collaboratively to adapt to the needs and interests of both DCMS and MHCLG, and there were some new questions and changes to existing questions, response options and definitions in the 23/24 survey.
In 2023/24 we collected data on the respondent’s sex and gender identity. Please note that patterns were identified in Census 2021 data that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the gender identity question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. https://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/2022-results/scotland-s-census-2022-sexual-orientation-and-trans-status-or-history/">Analysis of Scotland’s census, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. More information can be found in the ONS https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/culturalidentity/sexuality/methodologies/sexualorientationandgenderidentityqualityinformationforcensus2021">sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report, and in the National Statistical https://blog.ons.gov.uk/2024/09/12/better-understanding-the-strengths-and-limitations-of-gender-identity-statistics/">blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics.
Fieldwork for 2023/24 was delivered over two quarters (October to December 2023 and January to March 2024) due to an extended period earlier in 2023/24 to develop and implement the boosted design. As such there are two quarterly publications in 2023/24, in addition to this annual publication, which covers the period of October 2023 to March 2024.
Released: 4 December 2024
Period covered: October 2023 to March 2024
Geographic coverage: National, regional and local authority level data for England.
Next release date: Spring 2025
The pre-release access list above contains the ministers and officials who have received privileged early access to this release of Community Life Survey data. In line with best-practice, the list has been kept to a minimum and those given access for briefing purposes had a maximum of 24 hours. Details on the pre-release access arrangements for this dataset are available in the accompanying material.
Our statistical practice is regulated by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR). OSR sets the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the https://code.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/the-code/">Code of Practice for Statistics that all producers of official statistics should adhere to.
You are welcome to contact us directly with any comments about how we meet these standards by emailing evidence@dcms.gov.uk. Alternatively, you can contact OSR by emailing regulation@statistics.gov.uk or via the https://osr.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/">OSR website.
The responsible analyst for this release is Rebecca Wyton. For enquiries on this release, contact communitylifesurvey@dcms.gov.uk
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This report looks at people's views of their communities, their neighbourhoods, and their local areas using findings from the Citizenship Survey. This report has been re-packaged from previous years, and includes similar topic areas to the Community Cohesion Topic Report published in previous years.
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Designation: National Statistics
Language: English
Alternative title: Citizenship Survey: Community Spirit Topic Report
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This release provides estimates on a number of measures covering social cohesion, community engagement and social action over the period of April 2020 to March 2021. The survey ran over the course of a year, recording respondents’ answers consistently over the year during different periods of lockdown measures. It is therefore likely that COVID-19 pandemic impacted respondent’s behaviours and responses, although we can not state that any change is caused purely because of this.
The Community Life Survey is a nationally representative annual survey of adults (16+) in England that aims to track the latest trends and developments across areas that are key to encouraging social action and empowering communities.
The survey moved from a face-to-face mode to an online (with paper mode for those who are not digitally engaged) in 2016/17. The results included in the release are based on online/paper completes only, covering the eight years from 2013/14, when this method was first tested, to 2020/21.
Differences between groups are only reported on in this publication where they are statistically significant i.e. where we can be confident that the differences seen in our sampled respondents reflect the population.
Responsible statistician: Aleister Skinner
Statistical enquiries: evidence@dcms.gov.uk, @DCMSInsight
Estimates from the 2020/21 Community Life Survey show that among adults (16+) in England:
Most adults (95%) agreed that if they needed help there are people who would be there for them.
66% of respondents met up in person with friends or family at least once a week, a significant decrease from 2019/20 (74%).
The proportion of adults reporting they felt lonely often/always remained similar to 2019/20 at 6%.
Measures for life satisfaction, happiness and self-worth have decreased from 2019/20.
79% of respondents agree that they were satisfied with their local area as a place to live, an increase from 2019/20 (76%).
65% of respondents agreed that people in their neighbourhood pull together to improve their neighbourhood; this was higher than in 2019/20 (59%).
41% of respondents have taken part in civic participation, 19% in civic consultation, and 7% in civic activism.
27% of respondents agreed that they could personally influence decisions in their local areas.
There was a decrease in the proportion of people giving to charitable causes. 63% of respondents reported having given to charitable causes in the last 4 weeks (at the time of responding to the survey). This was lower than in 2019/20 where 75% of respondents reported doing so and the lowest since the Community Life Survey began in 2013/14.
There was a decrease in the proportion of people formally volunteering. 17% of respondents reported formally volunteering at least once a month, the lowest recorded participation rate since data collection in the Community Life Survey.
There was an increase in the proportion of people informally volunteering. 33% of respondents had volunteered informally at least once a month, the highest percentage on record in the Community Life Survey.
1. Identity and Social Network
3. Neighbourhood and Community
4. Civic Engagement and Social Action
5. Volunteering and Charitable Giving
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Recorded crime figures for Community Safety Partnerships which equates in the majority of instances to local authorities . The data are rolling 12 month totals, with data points shown at the end of each financial year between year ending March 2003 and year ending March 2007 and at the end of each quarter from June 2007. The data cover local authority boundaries from April 2009 onwards and local authority area names correspond to Community Safety Partnership areas.
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The NHS Information Centre for health and social care commissioned the National Centre for Social Research to produce model-based estimates of healthy lifestyle behaviours, using information from the Health Survey for England (HSfE). These estimates were produced to help meet users' requirements for more up-to-date information at the local area level, and will be published on the Neighbourhood Statistics (NeSS) website which is managed by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on Wednesday 14 May 2008. Please visit http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk to get access to the model based estimates of healthy lifestyle behaviours. The instructions to get to the NeSS Healthy Lifestyle Behaviours: Model Based Estimates, 2003-2005 are as follows: go to the NeSS Home Page - http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk click on I want to 'view or download data by topic', click on Health and Care under 'Neighbourhood Statistics' topics. after this select the Healthy Lifestyle Behaviours: Model Based Estimates, 2003-2005 dataset. A model-based approach to producing healthy lifestyle prevalence estimates for each Primary care Organisation (PCO) in England was used because the sample size of national surveys such as the Health Survey for England was too small to provide reliable estimates at a small area level. Model-based estimates and 95% confidence intervals have been produced using 2003-2005 data from the Health Survey for England covering the prevalence of the following healthy lifestyle indicators for adults aged 16 or over: smoking among adults binge drinking for adults obesity among adults consumption of 5 or more portions of fruit and vegetables a day among adults Model-based estimates for children's fruit and vegetable consumption have not been released at PCO level. A relative lack of precision (shown by the wide confidence intervals) indicated a poor fit of the models to the data. The 2003-2005 estimates are the second set of model-based healthy lifestyle prevalence estimates to be published on NeSS. Differences in geographical boundaries, modeling methodologies and data sources, however, mean that they are not comparable to the preceding estimates for 2000-2002. Minority ethnic group (MEG) direct estimates and 95% confidence intervals have also been produced at sub national level in England using the 2004 HSE (including the ethnic boost sample) and cover smoking, binge drinking, obesity and fruit and vegetable consumption amongst adults. These estimates have not involved any statistical modelling, hence are different from model based estimates.
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TwitterThe Community Life Survey is a nationally representative annual survey of adults (16+) in England that tracks the latest trends and developments across areas that are key to encouraging social action and empowering communities. Data collection on the Community Life Survey commenced in 2012/13 using a face-to-face format. During the survey years from 2013/14 to 2015/16 a push-to-web format was tested, which included collecting online/paper data alongside the face-to-face data, before moving fully to a push-to-web format in 2016/17. The results included in this release are based on online/paper completes only, covering the ten survey years from 2013/14, when this method was first tested, to 2023/24.
In 2023/24, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the Community Life Survey to be able to produce meaningful estimates at the local authority level. This has enabled us to have the most granular data we have ever had. The questionnaire for 2023/24 has been developed collaboratively to adapt to the needs and interests of both DCMS and MHCLG, and there were some new questions and changes to existing questions, response options and definitions in the 23/24 survey.
In 2023/24 we collected data on the respondent’s sex and gender identity. Please note that patterns were identified in Census 2021 data that suggest that some respondents may not have interpreted the gender identity question as intended, notably those with lower levels of English language proficiency. https://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/2022-results/scotland-s-census-2022-quality-assurance-reports/quality-assurance-report-sexual-orientation-and-trans-status-or-history/">Analysis of Scotland’s census, where the gender identity question was different, has added weight to this observation. More information can be found in the ONS https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/culturalidentity/sexuality/methodologies/sexualorientationandgenderidentityqualityinformationforcensus2021">sexual orientation and gender identity quality information report, and in the National Statistical https://blog.ons.gov.uk/2024/09/12/better-understanding-the-strengths-and-limitations-of-gender-identity-statistics/">blog about the strengths and limitations of gender identity statistics.
Fieldwork for 2023/24 was delivered over two quarters (October to December 2023 and January to March 2024) due to an extended period earlier in 2023/24 to develop and implement the boosted design. As such there are two quarterly publications in 2023/24, in addition to the annual publication.
This release is the second and final quarterly publication from the 2023/24 Community Life Survey, providing estimates reported during the period of January to March 2024. The quarterly releases contain headline findings only and do not contain geographical or demographic breakdowns – this detail is published through the 2023/24 annual publication.
Released: 4 December 2024
Period covered: January to March 2024
Geographic coverage: National level data for England
Next release date: Spring 2025
The pre-release access list above contains the ministers and officials who have received privileged early access to this release of Community Life Survey data. In line with best-practice, the list has been kept to a minimum and those given access for briefing purposes had a maximum of 24 hours. Details on the pre-release access arrangements for this dataset are available in the accompanying material.
Our statistical practice is regulated by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR). OSR sets the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the https://code.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/the-code/">Code of Practice for Statistics that all producers of official statistics should adhere to.
You are welcome to contact us directly with any comments about how we meet these standards by emailing evidence@dcms.gov.uk. Alternatively, you can contact OSR by emailing regulation@statistics.gov.uk or via the OSR website.
The responsible analyst for this release is Rebecca Wyton. For enquiries on this release, contact <a h