Are we really that unhappy?
People in South Holland are among the most unhappy in the UK, according to a new survey from the Office for National Statistics.
The annual ONS survey, which covers the 12 months to the end of March, asked people aged 16 and over across the UK to rate four areas of their personal wellbeing.
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 10 with 10 being the highest.
The average happiness score for respondents in South Holland was 6.83, one of the lowest scores in the UK.
This compared to an average UK score of 7.52.
Overall, 64 per cent of people in South Holland ranked their happiness between seven and ten, meaning either high or very high, compared to 75.4 per cent in the UK.
The happiest place in the UK this year was in Rushmoor in Hampshire.
Since the survey began in 2011-12, happiness in the UK has been increasing year-on-year but has slowed in recent years.
However, people in South Holland have reported feeling less happy as the years go by.
This year's score was a drop from 2016-17, when happiness was at 7.03.
The results for life satisfaction and the feeling of being worthwhile were also below the national average this year.
A fourth question in the survey asks respondents to rank how anxious they felt on the previous day, with zero being 'not at all anxious' and ten being 'completely anxious'.
The population in South Holland appears to have become more stressed over the last year, with anxiety levels creeping up to 2.57 - although this is still below the UK average.
The region coming out 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 worst performing region across the board was London, while people in Wales also report lower than average satisfaction with their lives than the other nations of the UK.
