Revealed: your search for life partner ends within 50 miles!

But a brutal 18 per cent said they have only ever been interested in pursuing relationships with people that live in a 24 mile radius. Some 48 per cent said that long-distance relationships were too costly to consider.

A fussy 36 per cent said they wanted to settle down with someone from the same area and the ultra-picky wanted to marry someone that went to the same school as them. Three quarters felt that living closely to each other in the early stages of a relationship makes things run more smoothly.