5‑Dimensional Personality Distance Explorer

Adjust your Big Five traits (blue). Compare yourself to UK local authority profiles (red) and an optional comparison person (green). Distances are measured in a 5D space where each trait is standardised using the distribution across all districts.

1. Select a District Profile

District values are published Big Five T‑scores (≈ mean 50, SD 10) from the UK local authority dataset.

2. Adjust Your Personality You (Blue Shape) • 0–100 T‑score‑like scale
Openness
50
Conscientiousness
50
Extraversion
50
Agreeableness
50
Neuroticism
50
3. Comparison Personality
Openness
50
Conscientiousness
50
Extraversion
50
Agreeableness
50
Neuroticism
50

Use this to enter another person's scores and see your distance in the same standardised 5D space.

Understanding the 5D distance

For each trait, we convert scores into z‑scores using the distribution of UK districts (mean and standard deviation per trait). A difference of 1.0 in z means you differ by one district‑standard‑deviation on that trait.

The 5D distance between two profiles is:

d = √(ΔOz² + ΔCz² + ΔEz² + ΔAz² + ΔNz²)

If all five traits differ by exactly 1 standard deviation, d ≈ √5 ≈ 2.24.