"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 Warrington.

Key indicators

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

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 Warrington.

Dataset

School pupil characteristics
Total
State-funded nursery
State-funded primary
State-funded secondary
State-funded special school
State-funded alternative provision school
Year2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202020/212021/222022/23Percentage of students eligible010203040506070Total 201516: 10.7Total 201617: 10.9Total 201718: 11.6Total 201819: 13.7Total 201920: 16.2Total 202021: 19.4Total 202122: 20.8Total 202223: 22.2State-funded nursery 201516: 0State-funded nursery 201617: 0State-funded nursery 201718: 0State-funded nursery 201819: 0State-funded nursery 201920: 3.8State-funded nursery 202021: 8.3State-funded nursery 202122: 20State-funded nursery 202223: 16State-funded primary 201516: 11State-funded primary 201617: 11.3State-funded primary 201718: 12State-funded primary 201819: 14.8State-funded primary 201920: 17.7State-funded primary 202021: 21.3State-funded primary 202122: 22.6State-funded primary 202223: 24State-funded secondary 201516: 9.3State-funded secondary 201617: 9.3State-funded secondary 201718: 9.9State-funded secondary 201819: 11.2State-funded secondary 201920: 13.2State-funded secondary 202021: 15.7State-funded secondary 202122: 17.2State-funded secondary 202223: 19State-funded special school 201516: 39.4State-funded special school 201617: 37.6State-funded special school 201718: 37.7State-funded special school 201819: 39State-funded special school 201920: 41.2State-funded special school 202021: 44.7State-funded special school 202122: 44.4State-funded special school 202223: 43State-funded alternative provision school 201516: 0State-funded alternative provision school 201617: 66.7State-funded alternative provision school 201718: 16.7State-funded alternative provision school 201819: 20State-funded alternative provision school 201920: 36.4State-funded alternative provision school 202021: 16.7State-funded alternative provision school 202122: 66.7State-funded alternative provision school 202223: 55.6

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 Warrington.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 11.56Poor 2012-13: 9.98Poor 2013-14: 8.53Poor 2014-15: 8.88Poor 2015-16: 6.92Poor 2016-17: 7.38Poor 2017-18: 7.4Poor 2018-19: 6.61Poor 2019-20: 7.44Poor 2020-21: 11.49Poor 2021-22: 8.15Fair 2011-12: 18.27Fair 2012-13: 18.27Fair 2013-14: 16.21Fair 2014-15: 15.91Fair 2015-16: 18.37Fair 2016-17: 16.22Fair 2017-18: 15.39Fair 2018-19: 13.13Fair 2019-20: 15.25Fair 2020-21: 17.55Fair 2021-22: 18.54Good 2011-12: 35.78Good 2012-13: 41.18Good 2013-14: 41.9Good 2014-15: 39.09Good 2015-16: 40.94Good 2016-17: 39.07Good 2017-18: 40.01Good 2018-19: 45.65Good 2019-20: 43.56Good 2020-21: 46.48Good 2021-22: 43.56Very good 2011-12: 34.39Very good 2012-13: 30.57Very good 2013-14: 33.36Very good 2014-15: 36.12Very good 2015-16: 33.77Very good 2016-17: 37.33Very good 2017-18: 37.21Very good 2018-19: 34.6Very good 2019-20: 33.74Very good 2020-21: 24.47Very good 2021-22: 29.76

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 Warrington.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 4.23Poor 2012-13: 5.44Poor 2013-14: 4.24Poor 2014-15: 4.48Poor 2015-16: 4.7Poor 2016-17: 4.07Poor 2017-18: 2.46Poor 2018-19: 3.62Poor 2019-20: 2.85Poor 2020-21: 8.11Poor 2021-22: 3.77Fair 2011-12: 10.35Fair 2012-13: 13.39Fair 2013-14: 12.65Fair 2014-15: 11.92Fair 2015-16: 14.53Fair 2016-17: 11.42Fair 2017-18: 11.55Fair 2018-19: 9.89Fair 2019-20: 9.08Fair 2020-21: 9.85Fair 2021-22: 13.61Good 2011-12: 48.54Good 2012-13: 47.59Good 2013-14: 49.24Good 2014-15: 45.54Good 2015-16: 46.02Good 2016-17: 45.56Good 2017-18: 49.42Good 2018-19: 52.82Good 2019-20: 54.98Good 2020-21: 57.37Good 2021-22: 53.83Very good 2011-12: 36.88Very good 2012-13: 33.58Very good 2013-14: 33.86Very good 2014-15: 38.06Very good 2015-16: 34.75Very good 2016-17: 38.95Very good 2017-18: 36.57Very good 2018-19: 33.67Very good 2019-20: 33.09Very good 2020-21: 24.67Very good 2021-22: 28.79

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 Warrington.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 5.95Poor 2012-13: 5.07Poor 2013-14: 5.71Poor 2014-15: 4.64Poor 2015-16: 5.79Poor 2016-17: 3.26Poor 2017-18: 3.8Poor 2018-19: 2.8Poor 2019-20: 4.08Poor 2020-21: 9.86Poor 2021-22: 4.31Fair 2011-12: 14.88Fair 2012-13: 16.34Fair 2013-14: 15.14Fair 2014-15: 14.26Fair 2015-16: 15.33Fair 2016-17: 13.96Fair 2017-18: 11.15Fair 2018-19: 14.14Fair 2019-20: 9.34Fair 2020-21: 14.93Fair 2021-22: 18.23Good 2011-12: 52.09Good 2012-13: 52.08Good 2013-14: 52.52Good 2014-15: 50.65Good 2015-16: 50.15Good 2016-17: 48.38Good 2017-18: 50.54Good 2018-19: 54.59Good 2019-20: 57.73Good 2020-21: 54Good 2021-22: 55.7Very good 2011-12: 27.08Very good 2012-13: 26.51Very good 2013-14: 26.63Very good 2014-15: 30.46Very good 2015-16: 28.73Very good 2016-17: 34.39Very good 2017-18: 34.51Very good 2018-19: 28.47Very good 2019-20: 28.84Very good 2020-21: 21.21Very good 2021-22: 21.76

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 Warrington.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 25.73Poor 2012-13: 21.68Poor 2013-14: 21Poor 2014-15: 19.35Poor 2015-16: 20.34Poor 2016-17: 19.69Poor 2017-18: 20.77Poor 2018-19: 18.96Poor 2019-20: 19.03Poor 2020-21: 30.47Poor 2021-22: 22.62Fair 2011-12: 14.58Fair 2012-13: 14.8Fair 2013-14: 14.29Fair 2014-15: 15.44Fair 2015-16: 15.93Fair 2016-17: 14.96Fair 2017-18: 14.89Fair 2018-19: 15.19Fair 2019-20: 17.86Fair 2020-21: 17.03Fair 2021-22: 15.37Good 2011-12: 22.13Good 2012-13: 24.24Good 2013-14: 21.84Good 2014-15: 23.93Good 2015-16: 24.78Good 2016-17: 22.09Good 2017-18: 22.07Good 2018-19: 21.02Good 2019-20: 20.04Good 2020-21: 23.36Good 2021-22: 24.68Very good 2011-12: 37.56Very good 2012-13: 39.29Very good 2013-14: 42.87Very good 2014-15: 41.28Very good 2015-16: 38.96Very good 2016-17: 43.25Very good 2017-18: 42.27Very good 2018-19: 44.82Very good 2019-20: 43.07Very good 2020-21: 29.14Very good 2021-22: 37.34