Where Will You Find Love this Valentine’s Day?
Every February we celebrate Valentine's Day by giving
flowers, chocolates and cards to those we love. However, if you are
likely to be single this year where will you go to find love? The
'Valentine's Report' from marketing data and intelligence experts
EuroDirect shows that if it's love you're after, look no further
than the North to find your ideal man or woman.
The 'Valentines Report' identifies which Post Districts in the UK
have the highest proportion of singles, and those in the north of
England dominate the top 20. Inner Sheffield (S1) takes 1st place
with a staggering 83% of the population being single, divorced or
widowed*, closely followed by central Leeds (LS2) with 76%, central
Liverpool (L1) with 73%, central Nottingham (NG1) with 72% and
central Manchester (M1) with 71%. Only six southern Post Districts
(including Birmingham) feature in the top 20 for the highest number
of singles, showing the south are luckier in love than their
northern counterparts.
Position
|
Post
District
|
Area
|
Population
|
Number of
Singles
|
%
(Singles/Population)
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st |
S1
|
Sheffield
|
2,206
|
1,842
|
83
|
2nd |
LS2
|
Leeds
|
4,463
|
3,381
|
76
|
3rd |
L1
|
Liverpool
|
2,147
|
1,565
|
73
|
4th |
NG1
|
Nottingham
|
3,371
|
2,423
|
72
|
4th |
LS3
|
Leeds
|
2,451
|
1,761
|
72
|
6th |
M1
|
Manchester
|
3,247
|
2,311
|
71
|
6th |
WC1V
|
Westminster
|
204
|
145
|
71
|
8th |
LS6
|
Leeds
|
38,870
|
27,158
|
70
|
8th |
G2
|
Glasgow
|
898
|
632
|
70
|
10th |
B1
|
Birmingham
|
2,206
|
1,525
|
69
|
11th |
NG7
|
Nottingham
|
37,926
|
25,769
|
68
|
11th |
B2
|
Birmingham
|
131
|
89
|
68
|
13th |
M14
|
Manchester
|
28,989
|
19,520
|
67
|
13th |
M15
|
Manchester
|
7,303
|
4,886
|
67
|
13th |
B4
|
Birmingham
|
369
|
246
|
67
|
13th |
EC3R
|
London (City)
|
136
|
91
|
67
|
17th |
NE1
|
Newcastle
|
3,149
|
2,084
|
66
|
18th |
EH1
|
Edinburgh
|
5,076
|
3,281
|
65
|
18th |
M3
|
Manchester
|
3,326
|
2,177
|
65
|
18th |
B3
|
Birmingham
|
476
|
309
|
65
|
The report reveals that whether you are in the north or the
south nearly 200 Post Districts in the UK have over 50% of their
populations represented by singles, leaving plenty of opportunity
for lonely hearts to find each other this Valentine's Day.
Many of those living in Scotland are happy in love and have found
their match made in heaven, with some of the lowest populations and
numbers of singles in the UK. For those that aren't so lucky, they
may have to venture to the central areas of Scotland's two largest
cities to find their valentine. Glasgow (G2) comes in at joint 8th
place in the analysis with 70% of the population being single and
Edinburgh (EH1) at 18th place with 65%.
John Dobson, Managing Director of EuroDirect comments:
"Our research emphasises EuroDirect's multi-functionality at
providing both accurate, business-focused market analysis, and, on
a more light hearted approach, data giving us something of an
insight into people's life stage characteristics. Many single
people don't look forward to this time of year, but using our
analysis those who are footloose and fancy free may well be paying
a visit to some of these locations to find true love this
Valentine's Day."
$ EuroDirect is an innovator in the provision of global marketing
information and analysis systems. Working closely with some of the
world's largest organisations EuroDirect leads suppliers of
targeted consumer lists, sophisticated data management systems,
international consumer classifications and advanced GIS software
for global market analysis, business modelling and strategic
network planning.
* Source: 2001 Census Area Statistics. Census output is Crown
copyright and is reproduced with the permission of the Controller
of HMSO and the Queen's Printer for Scotland. The 'Singles'
variable is defined as the population aged over 16 living in
non-couple and non-family households.