Lumbertubs...sustainable?

I've lived in Northampton for as long as i can remember, and in Lumbertubs since i was about 3. Though i can't wait until August to move out, i'll always have good and bad memories of this area. The community spirit developed between me and my neighbours over the years, the unfortunate cutting down of trees throughout my neighbourhood, the many many council houses.

I researched into some statistics for my area, to try and understand the population which live here. Depending on what the people are like e.g. employed, qulifications, can help to exlplain whether or not my community if sustainable or not.

Using the National Office of Statistics i was able to find out some useful information about Lumbertubs. [online] http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadHome.do;jessionid=ac1f930c30d7e14947527f424ebc91268339c3727cf0?m=0&s=1235561163626&enc=1&nsjs=true&nsck=true&nssvg=false&nswid=1003

Currently, there are 1527 residents in the area which occupy 660 houses. 256 of these residents live on their own, and 21 of the houses in the area are currently vacant. 186 houses are classed as council houses, which i found quite weird, ever since i was a kid i always thought that most of the people in my area lived in council houses. But this is probably due to the stereotypical view i developed of people in my neighbourhood and so assumed as a child that people like this were from poorer areas within my community.
Shockingly, 406 have no qualifications at all, but somehow 719 are employed. With a lot of the community having eother low or no qualifications, i can guess that it would be rather hard for people to change the way they live in order to be more sustainable.

However, most of the people around my street and the street down from me seem to all do their bit and recycle, well its a start right? But i can honestly say that i do not believe the community is close knit, or has a community spirit. There is no place for everyone to conjugate and discuss matters involing the area. However, i do not socialize a lot with the people in my community so i can not be sure on this.
A good point is that there are lots of green areas in Lumbertubs, also with a wood right next to it and a local doctors surgery. The number 16 bus is the local transport (unless you have a car or walk) and it comes almost every 10 minutes, so the public transport is pretty good.

But do i think my community is sustainable? No, no i don't. It is part of the reason i can't wait to escape from here. Sometimes it can be scary just walking out of my front door. The economy is not very good in my area, so even having a little money of your own can be dangerous, who knows who might steal from you? They have cut down almost all the trees, which just creates an eye sore, now i HAVE to look at the old, dingy council houses that i have grown up hating, plus i grew up playing outside around these trees.

I don't know my community that well, but from all the fights i can hear, and the ASBO teenagers wandering around the streets, i can't help but not feel like a have a sense of place here.