Is My Community Sustainable

I live in village called Kenton which is located near Exeter in Devon. I live in the super output area of Teignbridge 002E which I found out using this website. I used this website to determine whether I live in a Sustainable Community, this is the definition provided by the communities and local government website "Sustainable communities are places where people want to live and work, now and in the future. They meet the diverse needs of existing and future residents, are sensitive to their environment, and contribute to a high quality of life. They are safe and inclusive, well planned, built and run, and offer equality of opportunity and good services for all."

By definition I would personally say I don't live in a sustainable community. The main reason for this is that I can't see myself living and working in this area in years to come, firstly because it's a small village there are not that many jobs around anyway, and secondly there is very little to do and it's a severely boring place to live. Having said this however I believe it to be a very safe place to live with little crime and accidents occurring, also the recycling is very good in the area as you can pretty much recycle anything that can be recycled.

Some statistics suggest that it's a sustainable area to live in, e.g. only 5 people are on job seekers allowance. The majority of residents are in good health with 1164 people out of 1615 are in good health. Another way in which it's sustainable is that 807 people out of 1151 are economically active however many of these people commute between 5km - 20km for work which suggests that in the super output area itself there aren't a great deal of jobs and I imagine most people are commuting to Exeter to find work. I believe many people in the area have a high quality of life more than half of the people in the area find themselves in the AB to C1 social grades, which normally means higher income.

To conclude I do think my community is fairly sustainable one to live in, the only reason why I wouldn't want to live here in the future is because I find it boring, however I think it's a safe place to live, it's easy to commute to and from Exeter there is very little crime around and generally is quite quiet.