According to the 2015 survey, more affluent residents of Hackney are more likely to be satisfied with the local area as a place to live than those in lower social grades (see Figure 5).2 Similarly, residents from a higher social grade are more likely to think that the area has improved over the past five years than those in a lower social grade. Feelings of social isolation are also more common among less affluent members of the local community.
Figure 5: Satisfaction with the local area by social grade (2015)

Source: Hackney residents survey, Ipsos MORI
Notes: Confidence intervals not provided. Social grade definitions: AB – Higher and intermediate managerial, administrative, professional occupations; C1 – Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative, professional occupations; C2 – Skilled manual occupations; DE – Semi-skilled and unskilled manual occupations, unemployed and lowest grade occupations.
References
- Ipsos MORI for Hackney Council, “Health and wellbeing in Hackney: survey report for Hackney Council,” 2015
- Ipsos MORI for Hackney Council, “Health and wellbeing in Hackney: survey report for Hackney Council,” 2015