People in Hartlepool have some of the lowest levels of life satisfaction in the UK, according to a new survey from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
Three of the areas – their happiness, life satisfaction and sense of the things they do in life being worthwhile – are ranked on a scale from zero to ten with ten being the highest.
The average life satisfaction score for respondents in Hartlepool was 7.49, one of the lowest scores in the UK.
This compared to an average UK score of 7.69.
Overall, 76.19% of people in Hartlepool ranked their life satisfaction between seven and ten, meaning either high or very high, compared to 82.1% in the UK.
The most satisfied place in the UK this year was in Rushmoor in Hampshire, where people gave a rank of 8.59.
For happiness, people in Hartlepool gave themselves an average score of 7.47, below the UK average of 7.52.
People in Hartlepool have also been reporting higher levels of happiness as the years go by.
The levels of happiness this year were the highest since 2014-15.
The population in Hartlepool appears to have become less stressed over the last year, with anxiety levels dropping to 2.79 – below the UK average of 2.89.
The region coming out on top in the well-being survey this year was Northern Ireland, which reported the lowest levels of anxiety and the highest levels of happiness, satisfaction and feelings of worthiness of any UK region for two years running.
The single happiest place in the UK, however, was Rushmoor in Hampshire, with a score of 8.35.