"Poorer health generally reduces the possibility of better life outcomes and opportunities. It can restrict employment prospects, reduce earnings and bring additional living costs associated with long-term illness and disability that must somehow be met. In turn, this can lead to living in deprivation, low income and poverty." — JRF poverty report 2023.

This is the Health spotlight page for Stockton-on-Tees.

Key indicators

The following analysis reflects the experience across the population of Stockton-on-Tees.

Students eligible for free school meals in state-funded schools

What's on this chart?

This chart shows the percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals at different tyes of state-funded schools in Stockton-on-Tees.

Dataset

School pupil characteristics

No data available at this level.

Personal wellbeing - happiness

What's on this chart?

This chart shows the percentage of people who responded as poor, fair, good, and very good to the question "Overall, how happy did you feel yesterday?" in Stockton-on-Tees.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 12.3Poor 2012-13: 11.07Poor 2013-14: 8.85Poor 2014-15: 9.15Poor 2015-16: 10.02Poor 2016-17: 9.07Poor 2017-18: 7.22Poor 2018-19: 8.61Poor 2019-20: 10.19Poor 2020-21: 14.06Poor 2021-22: 11.08Fair 2011-12: 16.6Fair 2012-13: 18.56Fair 2013-14: 16.17Fair 2014-15: 17.13Fair 2015-16: 15.78Fair 2016-17: 15.16Fair 2017-18: 16.18Fair 2018-19: 16.83Fair 2019-20: 18.52Fair 2020-21: 13.71Fair 2021-22: 17.84Good 2011-12: 39.66Good 2012-13: 39.49Good 2013-14: 42.34Good 2014-15: 36.48Good 2015-16: 36.84Good 2016-17: 38.63Good 2017-18: 41.21Good 2018-19: 35.29Good 2019-20: 36.12Good 2020-21: 39.42Good 2021-22: 39.94Very good 2011-12: 31.44Very good 2012-13: 30.88Very good 2013-14: 32.64Very good 2014-15: 37.25Very good 2015-16: 37.36Very good 2016-17: 37.14Very good 2017-18: 35.39Very good 2018-19: 39.28Very good 2019-20: 35.17Very good 2020-21: 32.82Very good 2021-22: 31.13

Personal wellbeing - worthwhile

What's on this chart?

This chart shows the percentage of people who responded as poor, fair, good, and very good to the question "Overall, to what extent do you feel that the things you do in your life are worthwhile?" in Stockton-on-Tees.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 5.69Poor 2012-13: 4.05Poor 2013-14: 3.01Poor 2014-15: 3.82Poor 2015-16: 3.85Poor 2016-17: 3.7Poor 2017-18: 3.96Poor 2018-19: 5.83Poor 2019-20: 5Poor 2020-21: 6.31Poor 2021-22: 7.17Fair 2011-12: 14.8Fair 2012-13: 13.22Fair 2013-14: 13.24Fair 2014-15: 10.22Fair 2015-16: 12.83Fair 2016-17: 12.01Fair 2017-18: 11.38Fair 2018-19: 12.39Fair 2019-20: 11.74Fair 2020-21: 12.84Fair 2021-22: 13.3Good 2011-12: 49.97Good 2012-13: 52.54Good 2013-14: 50.48Good 2014-15: 49.32Good 2015-16: 46.92Good 2016-17: 48.54Good 2017-18: 45.03Good 2018-19: 43.36Good 2019-20: 49.01Good 2020-21: 46.35Good 2021-22: 51.53Very good 2011-12: 29.54Very good 2012-13: 30.19Very good 2013-14: 33.28Very good 2014-15: 36.65Very good 2015-16: 36.4Very good 2016-17: 35.75Very good 2017-18: 39.63Very good 2018-19: 38.41Very good 2019-20: 34.26Very good 2020-21: 34.5Very good 2021-22: 28

Personal wellbeing - life-satisfaction

What's on this chart?

This chart shows the percentage of people who responded as poor, fair, good, and very good to the question "On a scale where 0 is “not at all anxious” and 10 is “completely anxious”, overall, how anxious did you feel yesterday?" in Stockton-on-Tees.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 5.04Poor 2012-13: 5.14Poor 2013-14: 4.94Poor 2014-15: 6.72Poor 2015-16: 5.03Poor 2016-17: 4.46Poor 2017-18: 4.62Poor 2018-19: 5.58Poor 2019-20: 6.25Poor 2020-21: 6.95Poor 2021-22: 8.7Fair 2011-12: 16.99Fair 2012-13: 15.72Fair 2013-14: 14.91Fair 2014-15: 13.3Fair 2015-16: 15.88Fair 2016-17: 12.99Fair 2017-18: 10.89Fair 2018-19: 14.91Fair 2019-20: 12.96Fair 2020-21: 15.49Fair 2021-22: 14.16Good 2011-12: 49.98Good 2012-13: 53.71Good 2013-14: 51.59Good 2014-15: 46.97Good 2015-16: 49.01Good 2016-17: 53.4Good 2017-18: 50.86Good 2018-19: 45.21Good 2019-20: 49.26Good 2020-21: 51.23Good 2021-22: 55.39Very good 2011-12: 27.99Very good 2012-13: 25.42Very good 2013-14: 28.56Very good 2014-15: 33.01Very good 2015-16: 30.08Very good 2016-17: 29.15Very good 2017-18: 33.63Very good 2018-19: 34.3Very good 2019-20: 31.52Very good 2020-21: 26.32Very good 2021-22: 21.74

Personal wellbeing - anxiety

What's on this chart?

This chart shows the percentage of people who responded as poor, fair, good, and very good to the question "Overall, how satisfied are you with your life nowadays?" in Stockton-on-Tees.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 19.97Poor 2012-13: 20.29Poor 2013-14: 20.31Poor 2014-15: 20.2Poor 2015-16: 20.85Poor 2016-17: 16.68Poor 2017-18: 19.77Poor 2018-19: 15.58Poor 2019-20: 24.18Poor 2020-21: 23.71Poor 2021-22: 23.05Fair 2011-12: 20.46Fair 2012-13: 18.95Fair 2013-14: 17.07Fair 2014-15: 16.16Fair 2015-16: 17.41Fair 2016-17: 13.81Fair 2017-18: 15.17Fair 2018-19: 15.52Fair 2019-20: 14.26Fair 2020-21: 17.09Fair 2021-22: 19.12Good 2011-12: 21.98Good 2012-13: 19.22Good 2013-14: 19.83Good 2014-15: 21.11Good 2015-16: 16.09Good 2016-17: 26.61Good 2017-18: 20.64Good 2018-19: 17.91Good 2019-20: 21.93Good 2020-21: 23.68Good 2021-22: 20.77Very good 2011-12: 37.59Very good 2012-13: 41.55Very good 2013-14: 42.79Very good 2014-15: 42.52Very good 2015-16: 45.65Very good 2016-17: 42.9Very good 2017-18: 44.43Very good 2018-19: 50.98Very good 2019-20: 39.63Very good 2020-21: 35.52Very good 2021-22: 37.06