"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 Halton.

Key indicators

The following analysis reflects the experience across the population of Halton.

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 Halton.

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 Halton.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 11.07Poor 2012-13: 14.04Poor 2013-14: 11.57Poor 2014-15: 10.95Poor 2015-16: 12.71Poor 2016-17: 12.18Poor 2017-18: 9.72Poor 2018-19: 7.2Poor 2019-20: 9.48Poor 2020-21: 12.13Poor 2021-22: 9.54Fair 2011-12: 18.78Fair 2012-13: 17.49Fair 2013-14: 20.52Fair 2014-15: 16.17Fair 2015-16: 15.87Fair 2016-17: 16.53Fair 2017-18: 16.58Fair 2018-19: 17.54Fair 2019-20: 15.7Fair 2020-21: 15.39Fair 2021-22: 18.12Good 2011-12: 39.62Good 2012-13: 37.87Good 2013-14: 35.56Good 2014-15: 38.57Good 2015-16: 35.53Good 2016-17: 38.52Good 2017-18: 38.81Good 2018-19: 43.95Good 2019-20: 39.91Good 2020-21: 39.44Good 2021-22: 39.33Very good 2011-12: 30.52Very good 2012-13: 30.6Very good 2013-14: 32.35Very good 2014-15: 34.31Very good 2015-16: 35.88Very good 2016-17: 32.77Very good 2017-18: 34.89Very good 2018-19: 31.31Very good 2019-20: 34.91Very good 2020-21: 33.04Very good 2021-22: 33.01

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 Halton.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 3.96Poor 2012-13: 5.42Poor 2013-14: 5.28Poor 2014-15: 3.57Poor 2015-16: 5.3Poor 2016-17: 4.41Poor 2017-18: 4.71Poor 2018-19: 3.42Poor 2019-20: 6.53Poor 2020-21: 8.25Poor 2021-22: 5.91Fair 2011-12: 14Fair 2012-13: 14.15Fair 2013-14: 14.01Fair 2014-15: 13.72Fair 2015-16: 12.79Fair 2016-17: 13.76Fair 2017-18: 11.28Fair 2018-19: 13.33Fair 2019-20: 11.44Fair 2020-21: 10.67Fair 2021-22: 10.26Good 2011-12: 50.06Good 2012-13: 47.19Good 2013-14: 48.44Good 2014-15: 46.47Good 2015-16: 44.57Good 2016-17: 46.69Good 2017-18: 50Good 2018-19: 48.04Good 2019-20: 46.79Good 2020-21: 44.25Good 2021-22: 51.6Very good 2011-12: 31.98Very good 2012-13: 33.23Very good 2013-14: 32.26Very good 2014-15: 36.24Very good 2015-16: 37.35Very good 2016-17: 35.14Very good 2017-18: 34Very good 2018-19: 35.2Very good 2019-20: 35.23Very good 2020-21: 36.83Very good 2021-22: 32.23

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 Halton.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 8.5Poor 2012-13: 6.66Poor 2013-14: 8.67Poor 2014-15: 5.22Poor 2015-16: 5.96Poor 2016-17: 8.05Poor 2017-18: 5.34Poor 2018-19: 5.82Poor 2019-20: 6.34Poor 2020-21: 9.95Poor 2021-22: 8.28Fair 2011-12: 16.8Fair 2012-13: 18.96Fair 2013-14: 15.38Fair 2014-15: 14.71Fair 2015-16: 14.96Fair 2016-17: 12.71Fair 2017-18: 12.37Fair 2018-19: 14.15Fair 2019-20: 14.98Fair 2020-21: 15.44Fair 2021-22: 17.66Good 2011-12: 47.01Good 2012-13: 46.75Good 2013-14: 49.27Good 2014-15: 52.8Good 2015-16: 48.4Good 2016-17: 49.84Good 2017-18: 54.21Good 2018-19: 50.77Good 2019-20: 50.6Good 2020-21: 49.31Good 2021-22: 47.8Very good 2011-12: 27.69Very good 2012-13: 27.63Very good 2013-14: 26.68Very good 2014-15: 27.27Very good 2015-16: 30.68Very good 2016-17: 29.4Very good 2017-18: 28.08Very good 2018-19: 29.26Very good 2019-20: 28.09Very good 2020-21: 25.3Very good 2021-22: 26.25

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 Halton.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 23.41Poor 2012-13: 25.67Poor 2013-14: 22.71Poor 2014-15: 22.05Poor 2015-16: 21.37Poor 2016-17: 21.52Poor 2017-18: 18.66Poor 2018-19: 18.84Poor 2019-20: 21.81Poor 2020-21: 24.59Poor 2021-22: 26.5Fair 2011-12: 16.56Fair 2012-13: 16.75Fair 2013-14: 17.47Fair 2014-15: 14.8Fair 2015-16: 14.99Fair 2016-17: 15.53Fair 2017-18: 16.31Fair 2018-19: 12.01Fair 2019-20: 12.3Fair 2020-21: 16.84Fair 2021-22: 15.71Good 2011-12: 22.31Good 2012-13: 18.94Good 2013-14: 22.21Good 2014-15: 18.45Good 2015-16: 21.31Good 2016-17: 23.17Good 2017-18: 21.82Good 2018-19: 21.73Good 2019-20: 22.83Good 2020-21: 22.51Good 2021-22: 16.27Very good 2011-12: 37.72Very good 2012-13: 38.64Very good 2013-14: 37.62Very good 2014-15: 44.69Very good 2015-16: 42.33Very good 2016-17: 39.78Very good 2017-18: 43.21Very good 2018-19: 47.42Very good 2019-20: 43.06Very good 2020-21: 36.07Very good 2021-22: 41.53