ALMOST three-quarters of people in Oxfordshire are happy with their lives, according to this year’s study of Personal Well-being in the UK.

Seventy-three per cent of people recorded in the survey by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said their level of happiness was high or very high. The report was released yesterday.

The figure puts Oxfordshire in line with the rest of the UK, where 73 per cent said their happiness levels were high or very high.

Eighty per cent of Oxfordshire residents said their level of life satisfaction was high or very high, 1.5 per cent above the national average, and 65 per cent said their levels of anxiety were low or very low, two per cent above the figure across the UK.

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The survey asked British adults to assess their levels of happiness, life satisfaction, anxiety and how worthwhile they felt their lives were between April 2013 and March 2014.

Deputy leader of Oxfordshire County Council Rodney Rose said he was not surprised by the findings.

He said: “It is a fantastic place to live. I have loved it for the 66 years that I have lived here.

“You are near to anything you want to be near, it’s close to London, we’re equidistant from the sea in all directions and we have a great city in the middle, with lovely market towns all around.

“I think life works at a slightly slower pace than in London or some of the bigger metropolitan areas.”


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