"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 Blackpool.

Key indicators

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

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 Blackpool.

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 Blackpool.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 17.68Poor 2012-13: 12.76Poor 2013-14: 11.65Poor 2014-15: 10.92Poor 2015-16: 10.58Poor 2016-17: 10.54Poor 2017-18: 10.91Poor 2018-19: 10.91Poor 2019-20: 12.21Poor 2020-21: 11.61Poor 2021-22: 10.89Fair 2011-12: 18.73Fair 2012-13: 21Fair 2013-14: 15.89Fair 2014-15: 19.01Fair 2015-16: 17.67Fair 2016-17: 17.72Fair 2017-18: 16.77Fair 2018-19: 15.61Fair 2019-20: 16.89Fair 2020-21: 19.32Fair 2021-22: 14.88Good 2011-12: 33.35Good 2012-13: 37.84Good 2013-14: 38Good 2014-15: 37.16Good 2015-16: 36.82Good 2016-17: 38.74Good 2017-18: 41.43Good 2018-19: 37.39Good 2019-20: 35.01Good 2020-21: 40.31Good 2021-22: 39.64Very good 2011-12: 30.24Very good 2012-13: 28.4Very good 2013-14: 34.45Very good 2014-15: 32.92Very good 2015-16: 34.94Very good 2016-17: 33.01Very good 2017-18: 30.9Very good 2018-19: 36.09Very good 2019-20: 35.89Very good 2020-21: 28.76Very good 2021-22: 34.59

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 Blackpool.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 7.48Poor 2012-13: 6.27Poor 2013-14: 5.95Poor 2014-15: 5.03Poor 2015-16: 4.11Poor 2016-17: 5.51Poor 2017-18: 5.18Poor 2018-19: 4.55Poor 2019-20: 5.7Poor 2020-21: 7.64Poor 2021-22: 7.95Fair 2011-12: 16.89Fair 2012-13: 15.95Fair 2013-14: 15.79Fair 2014-15: 17.3Fair 2015-16: 15.97Fair 2016-17: 18.4Fair 2017-18: 14.44Fair 2018-19: 14.42Fair 2019-20: 13.27Fair 2020-21: 17.45Fair 2021-22: 14.75Good 2011-12: 44.26Good 2012-13: 48.07Good 2013-14: 42.88Good 2014-15: 45.31Good 2015-16: 44.45Good 2016-17: 43.4Good 2017-18: 46.14Good 2018-19: 45.15Good 2019-20: 46.47Good 2020-21: 44.34Good 2021-22: 38.05Very good 2011-12: 31.37Very good 2012-13: 29.71Very good 2013-14: 35.38Very good 2014-15: 32.36Very good 2015-16: 35.48Very good 2016-17: 32.69Very good 2017-18: 34.24Very good 2018-19: 35.88Very good 2019-20: 34.55Very good 2020-21: 30.57Very good 2021-22: 39.24

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 Blackpool.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population0102030405060Poor 2011-12: 10.95Poor 2012-13: 7.42Poor 2013-14: 7.44Poor 2014-15: 6.6Poor 2015-16: 7.33Poor 2016-17: 7.02Poor 2017-18: 6.84Poor 2018-19: 6.07Poor 2019-20: 7.55Poor 2020-21: 7.44Poor 2021-22: 8.22Fair 2011-12: 17.65Fair 2012-13: 19.13Fair 2013-14: 18.6Fair 2014-15: 20.28Fair 2015-16: 18.61Fair 2016-17: 16.93Fair 2017-18: 17.16Fair 2018-19: 18.23Fair 2019-20: 13.46Fair 2020-21: 21.82Fair 2021-22: 15.88Good 2011-12: 47.62Good 2012-13: 47.64Good 2013-14: 46.39Good 2014-15: 48.62Good 2015-16: 44.57Good 2016-17: 47.29Good 2017-18: 47.95Good 2018-19: 45.11Good 2019-20: 47.94Good 2020-21: 49.62Good 2021-22: 46.75Very good 2011-12: 23.78Very good 2012-13: 25.81Very good 2013-14: 27.57Very good 2014-15: 24.51Very good 2015-16: 29.48Very good 2016-17: 28.75Very good 2017-18: 28.06Very good 2018-19: 30.59Very good 2019-20: 31.05Very good 2020-21: 21.12Very good 2021-22: 29.15

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 Blackpool.

Dataset

Personal wellbeing
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
TimePercentage of population01020304050Poor 2011-12: 24.4Poor 2012-13: 21.56Poor 2013-14: 22.69Poor 2014-15: 21.3Poor 2015-16: 19.41Poor 2016-17: 23.28Poor 2017-18: 23.36Poor 2018-19: 23.49Poor 2019-20: 24.57Poor 2020-21: 29.78Poor 2021-22: 23.71Fair 2011-12: 16.91Fair 2012-13: 17.64Fair 2013-14: 15.27Fair 2014-15: 16.1Fair 2015-16: 16.73Fair 2016-17: 15.67Fair 2017-18: 16.74Fair 2018-19: 17.25Fair 2019-20: 16.22Fair 2020-21: 16.94Fair 2021-22: 21.48Good 2011-12: 28.25Good 2012-13: 20.41Good 2013-14: 19.95Good 2014-15: 21.12Good 2015-16: 20.24Good 2016-17: 21.7Good 2017-18: 16.73Good 2018-19: 15.88Good 2019-20: 17.42Good 2020-21: 21.36Good 2021-22: 17.59Very good 2011-12: 30.44Very good 2012-13: 40.39Very good 2013-14: 42.08Very good 2014-15: 41.47Very good 2015-16: 43.62Very good 2016-17: 39.35Very good 2017-18: 43.17Very good 2018-19: 43.38Very good 2019-20: 41.79Very good 2020-21: 31.92Very good 2021-22: 37.22