Best Place To Be A Woman

If you’re a woman and you live in Islington, that’s the worst place you could live – according to research for BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour. No surprises that London is nowhere to be seen in the top 10 local authorities for women in Great Britain. No’s 1 & 2 are in Scotland and 3-8 are in the South East and 9-10 are in the West Midlands. Number one is East Dunbartonshire, Scotland.

Taken from bbc.com:  East Dunbartonshire is the best place to live in Britain if you are a woman, according to research for BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour. The Scottish local authority, which borders Glasgow, came out top when a number of factors, include some gender-specific measures, were analysed. Islington, in north London, was rated the worst place for women to live.

The National Centre for Social Research analysis factored in issues such as the gender pay gap and education. It used data from a number of sources, including the Office for National statistics’ 2016 Annual Population Survey and the 2011 Census covering England, Wales and Scotland but not Northern Ireland.

Of the 380 local authorities analysed, East Dunbartonshire came out top for women, rating highly on a number of factors, from happiness to access to green spaces – and top-scoring on general living and wellbeing.

Explore how other parts of Britain rated using an interactive map on bbc.com.