Two-fifths of the people asked (41%) say that there are times when a feeling of isolation comes over them, but very few (4%) say they feel lonely all or most of the time. Almost a fifth (18%) say they sometimes feel this way and a comparable number (19%) say it happens to them only rarely. Over a half of respondents (58%) state that feelings of loneliness are completely foreign to them.

Interestingly, despite information that human relationships are becoming more shallow and isolation among people is growing, actually experiencing this has become less common than it was twelve years ago. Since 2005 the percentage of people who say they have never felt lonely has leapt by 24 percentage points (from 34% to 58%).