Fife In Top 15 Places To Live In Scotland

Bank of Scotland Quality of Life Survey put Fife in 13th place.

Orkney has yet again topped the best place to live table. 

But it's good news for Fife as well which has moved up a spot on the Bank Of Scotland's Quality of Life Survey. 

The Kingdom has scored well in employment rates, eduction, low secondary school pupil to teacher ratio, housing and health- with 94% of Fifers feeling in good or very good health. 

Nitesh Patel, housing economist at Bank of Scotland, said: 

"It tends to be the northern parts of Scotland that come out best for quality of life each year, due to the lower population, higher employment rate and low crime rates. Orkney rates very positively in many categories, which has helped it secure the number one spot for the third year, although it ranks the best in only two categories - highest employment and lowest burglary rate.
 
The Western Isles in particular have seen a marked change in comparison to last year, and have moved up four places to now sit in third. It’s not so good news for Edinburgh though, as we have seen it drop to 21st place this year, from 15th in 2014."

2015 Bank of Scotland Quality of Life Rankings