Worthing people now feeling more satisfied than before coronavirus pandemic

People in Worthing are now feeling more satisfied with their lives than before the coronavirus pandemic, new figures show.

This is due to a recent rise in satisfaction levels in the last year.

Across the UK, happiness levels recovered from a pandemic dip in 2020-21, but remained down on 2019-20, with Mental Health UK warning that successive lockdowns and now the cost-of-living crisis have disrupted people's happiness.

Office for National Statistics figures show the average person in Worthing answered the question "how satisfied are you with your life nowadays" at 8.1 out of 10 in the year to March, where one is "not at all" and 10 is "completely".

This is up from 7.3 the year before, and is now above pre-pandemic levels, when residents in the area rated satisfaction at 7.8.

Across the UK, satisfaction levels have rebounded in the last year, though have still not recovered following the pandemic, sitting at 7.5, up from 7.4 in 2020-21 but below 7.7 in the year to March 2020.