THE latest findings from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that people in Bury are an on average just over three-quarters satisfied with their lives.

Respondents in the last survey, covering 2018-19, were asked; Overall, how satisfied are you with your life nowadays?

They were then asked to give an answer on a scale of 0 to 10, where 0 is “not at all” and 10 is “completely."

The average response of 7.65 shows that people in Bury are just over three-quarters satisfied with their life.

The findings are slightly more positive than the first recorded ones, which found an average score of 7.2 in 2011-12.

Of course, the findings purely based on the coronavirus pandemic period would likely skew results- as people have been suffering from anxiety at higher rates.

Nearly half of people in Great Britain experienced high anxiety during the early days of the coronavirus lockdown, new figures suggested.

Some 49.6% of those surveyed between March 20 and March 30 reported levels of anxiety that rated between six and 10, where 0 is “not at all anxious” and 10 is “completely anxious”.

This is the equivalent of more than 25 million people feeling high anxiety, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), which compiled the figures.