Lancaster named one of happiest places to live and work in UK

Lancaster has been named as one of the happiest places to live and work in the UK.
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A new study by online banking firm Raisin UK looked at data from Office of National Statistics personal well-being reports and the Happy Planet Index to conclude Lancaster is one of the country's top-ranking cities.

It was placed as the 20th happiest place to be after looking at factors such as wealth and life expectancy.

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Lancaster has an average life expectancy of 80.4 years and a happiness score of 23.1.

Lancaster has been named as one of the happiest places to live and work in the UK.Lancaster has been named as one of the happiest places to live and work in the UK.
Lancaster has been named as one of the happiest places to live and work in the UK.

The average salary is £27,369 - slightly lower than the average across the rest of the UK - with a 'does money buy happiness index' score of 63.

The highest-ranked city was Winchester with a happiness score of 24.2 and a 'does money buy happiness index' score of 104, followed by Lichfield, Chichester, Cambridge and St Albans.

Lancaster is the second place in the north west to feature on the list after Chester in 11th place.

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The rankings are created by ranking each city or country by their happiness index score and salary/GDP per capita.

The cities or countries that have the highest happiness score are given the highest ranking overall.

The same is then done for salary/GDP per capita with the final rank based on the sum of the happiness and salary/GDP per capita ranking score given.

The highest score shows places that are equally happy and wealthy when both are of equal consideration.

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Kevin Mountford, co-founder of Raisin UK, said: “ Whilst our research suggests money can buy happiness it’s not always the case in real life when put into action. Money does help ease the stresses of daily life which could mean a longer life expectancy in the long-term.

"Using the Raisin UK does money buy happiness research, can help you decide which city across the UK and country in the world to live in to be the happiest you possibly can.”

The full report can be viewed here